Rivers of Time
Patinated Brass, Printed Cast Acrylic, LED
8’ x 28’ x 3.5”
2022
This mural was inspired by the paleogeographic and human migration history of Salem Sound. The artwork was adapted from a depiction of the landmass and estuaries when the ice sheet retreated 10,000 years ago. Each waterway is embedded with cultural patterns showing waves of human settlement in the area, hailing from the Caribbean, West Africa, East and South Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe. The design cut into the central river comes from an ancient ceramics pattern provided by the Massachusett Tribal Council to honor the first peoples of this land.
This mural was inspired by the paleogeographic and human migration history of Salem Sound. The artwork was adapted from a depiction of the landmass and estuaries when the ice sheet retreated 10,000 years ago. Each waterway is embedded with cultural patterns showing waves of human settlement in the area, hailing from the Caribbean, West Africa, East and South Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe. The design cut into the central river comes from an ancient ceramics pattern provided by the Massachusett Tribal Council to honor the first peoples of this land.