{"id":1845,"date":"2024-09-12T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T22:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2024-10-03T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T22:57:59","slug":"chasi-artist-reflects-on-environmental-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2024\/09\/12\/chasi-artist-reflects-on-environmental-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"CHASI artist reflects on environmental emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">After a summer of climate emergencies, CHASI artist-in-residence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/chasi\/about\/meet-the-team\/sharon-strauss.htm\">Sharon Strauss<\/a> was inspired to reflect on the state of our environment with these to pieces.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Endless Ocean&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1846 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/endless-oceans-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of a polar bear under water. It is completely white, contrasted against a dark blue background. The bear is either emaciated or skeletal, and bubbles of air escape from it as it seems to sink deeper into the dark ocean.\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/endless-oceans-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/endless-oceans-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/endless-oceans.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Glass of Time&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1847\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration showing a hand in close-up. The hand is holding what appears to be a mixture of an hour glass and a wine glass. There is a dark brownish-red liquid in the top, pouring down into the lower portion on top of unidentifiable creatures and a human skeleton. The person hold the glass has a ruby and gold encrusted cufflink, and is wearing a formal suit.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2024\/10\/glass-of-time.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sharon writes: &#8220;I fear for the animals, the Earth, the people. Just as much, I fear we have lived under the looming &#8220;point of no return&#8221; for so long that we&#8217;ve lost the will to fight it. A select few lives of luxury: fuelled by the ichor of industry and built on the backs of the poor and the voiceless.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a summer of climate emergencies, CHASI artist-in-residence Sharon Strauss was inspired to reflect on the state of our environment with these to pieces. &#8220;Endless Ocean&#8221; &#8220;Glass of Time&#8221; Sharon writes: &#8220;I fear for the animals, the Earth, the people. Just as much, I fear we have lived under the looming &#8220;point of no return&#8221; &#8230; <a title=\"CHASI artist reflects on environmental emergencies\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2024\/09\/12\/chasi-artist-reflects-on-environmental-emergencies\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":1847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[174,284,285,205,286],"class_list":["post-1845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-art","tag-environment","tag-environmental-anxiety","tag-sharon-strauss","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1845"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1853,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions\/1853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}