Katherine+D

Proposal

I decided to focus my piece on plants/trees native to georgia in the present, near future, and far future, basing the far future (third layer) on the video we watched in class on what the world would look life if humans became extinct. I want to explore the questions surrounding this very abstract topic such as the most obvious: What would the world (or, in our case, Atlanta) look like without humans? Beginning with the first layer, I am using symbols of Atlanta and Georgia to build on this sense of place in hopes of being able to communicate a mix of the technology and current events of today (or the near future) and the natural aspects Georgia is proud of (peaches, moss trees). I feel that the mix of newspaper and nature (moss trees) communicates through irony the reality of one of our main news sources being produced from trees. This connection between the need to have constant information about the events around us and the desire to preserve the natural world is a drastic contrast when you begin to think of the millions of tons of paper used every year, for school, work, and, as in my piece, news. The moss of the trees in the second layer also signifies the beginning of an exponential and wild growth of the plants if humans no longer were inhabiting earth. There would definitely be more trees, vines, etc. than there are (around Atlanta/Georgia) today, but in a more raw, untamed sense. Through my piece, I hope to explore these topics and answer other questions that come up when researching or simply thinking about a. what the world would be like without humans, and b. what the significance of our connection to the natural vs. unnatural is overall.