Blair Butterfield
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Blair is an artist committed to the practice placed in the perspective of the anthropocene, and she’s the founder and Director of Art of Culture Evolution, a non-profit dedicated to fostering a sustainable future for all.

Her artwork has ecological, community and scientific approaches. In Buenos Aires, she has been investigating the link between the city and the Río de la Plata from an ecological perspective. Blair has followed the edges of the city, where it meets the river and how the river enters our city through the aqueducts, the rain routes, etc. The artist does a work of registration and collection of materials and garbage that is accumulated on the banks and has also contacted different artistic and theoretical collectives related to these issues.

ARTIST STATEMENT
I am primarily interested in examining our evolving human relationship with Nature. My cultural projects happen primarily in the public realm. I use photography, video and installation art, as well as leading workshops for the creation of conscious communal space. My practice aims to be empathic but objective: What is the human in juxtaposition to Nature? What is our relationship? What was our relationship? How can we create a new relationship?
These questions are answered through objective observations of the systems that are utilized within a community. Then, I attempt to create a moment of engagement in such systems through the creation of artwork. (…)

Artist Linda Weintraub, author of To Life!, has said that responding to our environmental crisis is the number one challenge of our times. Her book is a compendium of artists who are looking at the issues that surround us, including immigration, food, water, community, ecology, and alternative economies. My cultural practice is directly related to this vital conversation.

Read her complete statement HERE