A SHRINE FOR THE LOST: The Sixth Extinction, A "Dia de los Muertos" Shrine with Lists of Recently Extinct and Vanishing Species, with funding from The Puffin Foundation -2022
Lauren Raine
For Dia de los Muertos in 2022 I wanted to remember the thousands of fellow Beings that are leaving us every day because of the 6th Extinction. They disappear silently, un-grieved and un-named. And as they go the intricate Balance of nature begins to fragment, endangering our human species as well. I wanted to honor recently extinct and endangered species by NAMING them, in much the same way as Litanies name the dead. Because WE are the 6th Extinction.
CLICK to see video @ https://youtu.be/5GE5kxwhxFwLauren Raine Bio
LAUREN RAINE, MFA, is a cross-disciplinary artist and writer best known for her Masks of the Goddess Project, a collection of 75 theatrical masks devoted to worldwide mythologies of the Sacred Feminine that traveled to communities throughout the U.S. for over 20 years, including the Parliament of World Religions. She was resident artist at Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion in Washington, D.C., received an Aldon Dow Creativity Fellowship, was Resident Artist for Cherry Hill Seminary, and recently received a Puffin Award for her "A Shrine for the Sixth Extinction" Project (2022).