When the Anthropocene began is still an open question. This quandary and attempt to identify its geological marker is what scientists refer to as locating the “Golden Spike.” What increasingly matters is that human impact on the Earth has become so wildly out of control that it has tipped the planet’s balance past the point of its own ability to heal and regenerate, causing a sixth mass extinction. The works on view loosely divide along subthemes, which all relate to and demonstrate the behavior of this new human epoch and how it manifests in relation to the environment.
March 28 – September 20, 2026
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