Humberthropocene by Anya Mielniczek in Vancouver

Humberthropocene is a large-scale mosaic-collage-mural hybrid created out of upcycled items intended for the landfill. "An-thro-po-cene" adjective. Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. ---- Initiated by Humber Galleries in partnership with the Humber Office of Sustainability, Humberthropocene (a play on the term "Anthropocene") is a mural assemblage led by Toronto-based environmental artist Anya Mielniczed and co-created by Humber College community members. It was made by painting on top of discarded campus waste collaged onto circular panels. The circles represent the planet Earth and our circles of life while the attached Humber garbage encourages us to reflect on how pollution now infiltrates all locations and levels of life from the local to the global. The dominant use of red recalls heat and the urgent climate crisis facing our planet." - Humber Galleries