RACHEL HONNERY

Erased, Displaced, Replaced

Will we remember the cold?
Will we remember the bears?
Will we remember the cries of the tern?
Will we notice the absence of the whales and the seals?
Will we know the roar of the glacier as it births?
Will we forget the beauty of this place?

A feasible impression… In my mind,
A feasible future: a fabricated ecosystem without nourishment, a fake.

Synthetic nature, a phony plastic wasteland mocking my contentment.
No more ice,
but a counterfeit Disney replacement.
A replica designed to recalibrate our consciousness.

Muted greys, whites and turquoise erased, displaced, replaced with the phthalo blues of a warm summer.

Erased, Displaced, Replaced showcases three artworks that come together as an elegy to the Arctic circle. In these works I explore ideas about the future of this fragile ecosystem. I am wondering about its ability to survive our current climate crisis, and whether we will be honest with ourselves if it does not.