“Given sufficient time – and in geology we have plenty of that – cracks will form and propagate under stresses that are much lower (even less than 10%) of the rock’s critical strength.”
– Dr. Eppes
This piece is developed and created via the artists’ research, through collaboration, conversation and the current work of Geologist Dr. Martha Cary (Missy) Eppes.
From the Director
How can I possibly take on more (love, grief, joy, fear….)?
What are my edges?
How do our cracks appear?
What if breaking creates more space?
How does pressure affect a sense of “cracking”?
And… What if this is similar to how rocks crack?
These questions and so many more fill our notebooks.
Spoiler alert: how we crack, create space, break apart, self heal, find flow…. are uncannily similar to how the earth does much of the same. From subcritical cracking to fracture events… geology to mechanical engineering… the earth to humanity.
CAPACITY is created by Melissa Riker/Kinesis Project, in collaboration with Opera On Tap, Shahrokh Yadegari and Anti-Social Music
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