Anna Stasek

The Burren, Ireland trip in the city of Ballyvaughan was an enlightening experience. My artistic work has transformed with a strong emphasis on natural history’s relationship with human history and the way the two subjects manipulate one another. The more I learned of the Burren’s history, the more creative connections I made while conceiving my abstract animation. My animation tells the ecological story of the Burren while connecting religious transition, deforestation and The Great Famine of Ireland into one concept.

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