Humans have negatively impacted the environment in many ways, like pollution, burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Artist Jeremy Bolen decided to examine the ramifications with his new exhibition, “Because the Sky Will Be Filled With Sulfur.” He uses sculpture, film and photography to tell an unsettling story about humanity’s impact on our environment and how strange our future might look, even in a best-case scenario. The exhibition is on view at MOCA GA through Aug. 6, and Bolen joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to discuss the exhibit’s pieces and their surreal predictions.
On the Bolen exhibit’s mysterious title:
“I had been working on the title of this exhibition for about six months, talking with a friend and a mentor of mine,” recalled Bolen. “I had some titles I won’t mention here that were not working all so well, and she asked me, why would I want to call it that? And I said, ‘Because the sky will be filled with sulfur,’ And she’s like, ‘Well, you have your title.’ I think she was right. I think in the end, it’s sort of a warning when I think it reads as poetic as well.”
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