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Calendar Pick: ‘Plantronics’ Artist Talk & Closing Reception

LMFAO Cabbage Animatronic Sculpture

Environmental science artists Wendy DesChene and Jeff Schmuki are the minds behind PlantBot Genetics Inc., a project that creates installations and collaborations with the goal of promoting ecological awareness. Their latest exhibition, “Plantronics,” parodies the big agriculture firms that are shaping today’s natural environment and the public space, using animatronic plant sculptures, video and digital printmaking to depict humorous robot-plant hybrids. These works are meant to explore the lack of transparency in corporate agriculture and prompt critical thinking on the environmental issues associated with the continued corporatization of food production and distribution. The digital prints in the exhibition were made in collaboration with UGA printmaking students, who printed the large format images of the natural world PlantBot Genetics, Inc. created and installed them using wheat paste mural techniques.

WHO: “Plantronics” Artist Talk & Closing Reception
WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 9, 3 p.m.
WHERE: ATHICA
HOW MUCH: FREE!

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