Bryn Davis + Audrey Charman [White]

White

Northeastern Pennsylvania thrived from the extraction of anthracite coal, and when the mining industry collapsed, so too did the economy and the cultural and domestic institutions of many towns. Seemingly solid cultural assumptions – livelihood, home, health – were revealed as fragile and endangered. White critiques our assumptions of endless natural resources, and the risks to culture when those in power value the status quo over proactive environmental agendas. Pure, white furnishings of home hang suspended from the tree canopy, held fast by solid blocks of ice. As the day warms, and the ice melts, the trappings of civilization slowly fall. The natural resource depleted, the furniture sits askew in a dry creek bed.