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Anthropo—Scenes: Installation 2020
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Anthropo—Scenes: Installation 2020
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Anthropo—Scenes: Installation 2020
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Anthropo—Scenes: Installation 2020
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Anthropo—Scenes: Installation Detail 2020
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Anthropo—Scenes: Installation 2020
Lasting global changes—ice ages and major extinction events, for example—alter the Earth as we know it. Sometimes these changes are vast enough to reveal themselves in the layers of rock beneath our feet. These major shifts are marked by geologists with a + Enlarge
Golden Spike 2020
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Golden Spike 2 2020
Part scrapbook, part writing, and part key to read into the visualizations shown in the three Memento Vitae jewelry pieces. + Enlarge
Memento Vitae - Book 2019
medium: 3D-printed Nickel-plated Steel description: Ring that carries the physical and emotional weight of melting glaciers. Specifically, this ring visualizes the melting pattern of the Skaftafellsjökull glacier in Iceland, since 1890. Photo by Dan Meyer + Enlarge
Memento Vitae - Ring 2019
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Memento Vitae - Necklace 2019 3D-printed sandstone
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Memento Vitae - Brooch 2019 Laser-cut Wood
Photographs and artifacts of my family's relationship with cars and planes, plus an interview with my grandmother. + Enlarge
Seventh Generation: An Investigation into My Family's Anthropogenic Impact 2019
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Full Steam Ahead 2019
Statement

Cora McKenzie is a graphic designer, researcher, and educator working at the intersection of visual communication and science. Her thesis, Anthropo—Scenes, is a body of work surrounding the Anthropocene, which is the current proposed geological age brought on by human impact to Earth’s systems. Cora's projects incorporate personal narratives in order to both ground our species’ large-scale force and translate it into relevant, impactful experiences.