Installations

Ceramic sculpture and Interdependence Installation in Rising Tides exhibit at the Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA. Video by Richard W. Gretzinger

Click full screen to watch this initial video sequence, accompanied by the understated sound of space fading into a constant heartbeat of our planet’s blue heart, the ocean.

The most recognized photograph in the world, The Blue Marble, captured in 1972 by the astronauts of Apollo 17 became the symbol of Earth Day, April 22. Rising Tides and Interdependence honors the 50th anniversary.

The female group show is a deep bow to Mother Earth and the 100th anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote.

Pardon the vimeo plug for Staff Picks at the end of each clip.

A mother and calf humpback whale serenade as the lens plunges into the sea. Sculptures pulse and fade, creating reverberating ripples across the gallery wall.

Murmuring plankton blooms immerse the sea and ceramic works in green to emphasize the one-cell organisms that provide over 50% of Earth’s oxygen. When the microscopic primary producers housing plankton, bloom in the spring, their swirls of green go macro and are captured by satellite video as animated in this clip.

Hagan plays with scale and the diversity of marine ecosystems, from microscopic to massive organisms like coral and the blue whale. 

Interdependence emphasizes the wonder and critically fragile state of our planet as a result of climate change from human damages. Hagan magnifies what is invisible to most, although its well-being is deeply intertwined with our own. She advocates for responsibility for our impact and relationship to the environment as if our lives depend on it, because they do.

If colonies of microscopic organisms have supported the entire planet for millions of years, imagine what we can achieve together.