Julia Daser's "Flooded House"

Julie Daser (Manhattan, New York) is deeply interested transforming data from cold and clinical to emotionally resonate and moving. Flooded House is an interactive installation exploring the impact of personal accountability in creating sustainable actions. “Through my project,” Daser explains, “I underscore the lack of responsibility among high-income countries in addressing climate change.”

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Leyla Mandel's "Synthetic Landscapes"

“Through this series of images, I explore what nature looks like in the age of post-industrialization. In the face of global politics, the environment is affected by human intervention: deforestation, climate destruction and urbanization. The idea of the "landscape" is no longer idyllic forests or fields of flowers but has instead been replaced by sprawling man-made concrete buildings in an industrial setting.”

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Ellen Chen’s “Fragile”

“‘Fragile’ aims to draw attention to how we are creating human-made disasters which in turn are affecting villages that often cannot get help. Far away in distant cities we go about our daily lives, unaware of how our lifestyle practices affect others around the planet. We need to care for our world because this is our only chance.”

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Katherine Concannon's "What We Left Behind"

This piece is a shrine to the toxins and delights of a world on fire, and a call to action to other Vermonters to reconceptualize how we see everyday material objects, becoming more aware of the environmental destruction caused by their creation, and the lives that they will live after they have been discarded from our use.

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