We Are Nature:
Living in the Anthropocene
As a Multimedia Assistant at the Carnegie Museums, I was the Creative Lead and Producer for the video documenting this exhibit. I interviewed museum curators and collection managers, storyboarded, directed shots, filmed, edited audio files, and finalized the piece for public exhibition.
The Anthropocene is a newly proposed geological era defined by human activity’s dominant influence on the climate and environment. This exhibit highlights the history of life through time, how species support and sustain our lives, and humanity’s interconnectedness to nature.
“We Are Nature aims to make stories about environmental change accessible to our visitors. ”
“People often think of evolutionary processes as being very slow, but they’re also happening on a very immediate timescale. So when we alter the world around us, we alter ourselves as well.”
In addition to working with Dr. Nicole Heller, the curator of the Anthropocene, I interviewed and filmed museum Collection Managers in the Invertebrate Zoology (Bob Davidson), Birds (Chase Mendenhall), Mollusks (Tim Pearce), and Botany (Bonnie Isaac) departments. It was incredible to get a personal, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of specimens and learn from the people who know the most about them. Seeing the curatorial care given to preserve the specimens was incredible and inspiring.
