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• Transgressions, Annette Barbier · 2013

Transgressions: Works by Annette Barbier
​2013

Annette Barbier’s recent work uses technologies such as computer-controlled laser cutting and engraving on natural materials to heighten our awareness of our detrimental impact on the natural world. She
calls our relationship to the natural world into question, using technology as a metaphor for loss. Loss of material through the destructive process of laser engraving, which removes material through burning, reflects loss of habitat, loss of entire species, and loss of diversity in our native plants and animals.

​Ultimately, there is no issue more pressing than the
health of the environment, upon which our own
existence depends. These works highlight the fragility
of the natural world as its destiny entwines ever more
tightly with that of the human race.
“

Barbier received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a professor in the Interdisciplinary Arts program at Columbia College Chicago, where she teaches public art, installation art, and art and technology-related courses.