{"id":1409,"date":"2024-12-03T15:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cherylbuckmaster.ca\/?page_id=1409"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T03:04:32","slug":"see-i-am-one-artist-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.cherylbuckmaster.ca\/?page_id=1409","title":{"rendered":"See. I Am One."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>See. I Am One. <\/em>envisions everything connected to everything else, water as one entity whose health encapsulates ecological and social balance for generations to come. Cheryl considers water one \u201cwhole being\u201d with rights, and a hopeful shift in how natural scientists and industry include, rank, and work with social scientists who can represent affected communities<a href=\"https:\/\/d.docs.live.net\/6783ee5fed0c668c\/Documents\/Documents%20-%20Darcy\/Cheryl\/Website\/See%20I%20am%20One%20Snelgrove%20Exhibit%20and%20Website%20Statement.docx#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> voices. The exhibit reflects the findings, influences, and experiences that shaped Cheryl\u2019s research-creation journey within G.R.O.W., a large-scale Genome Canada project to enhance constructed treatment wetland systems to clean oil sands tailings pond water. Her research included tailings pond water, microbes, wetland plants, Indigenous and nonindigenous affected community<sup>1<\/sup> members, natural and social scientists, researchers across Canada, and government and industry representatives. The G.R.O.W. project proposal is for constructed treatment wetland systems situated on Treaty 8 and 10 Territories of the Denesuline, Woodland Cree, and Chipewyan First Nations, Inuvialuit people of the NWT, and the Homelands of Alberta M\u00e9tis Districts 5 and 6. Cheryl is the first visual artist positioned to study the inner workings of a science-based, oil industry remediation project of this scope- an innovative interdisciplinary step towards balancing power for all participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Blending art and science exemplifies the collaborative effectiveness of addressing the interconnectedness of environmental sustainability, water security, and human rights. <em>See. I Am One.<\/em> supports regenerative sustainability by confronting uncomfortable truths about extraction and interdisciplinarity, and uncovering power imbalances. Cheryl\u2019s work commented on the weak and strong collaborations and in some places, the lack of inclusion. USASK\u2019s School of Environment and Sustainability&#8217;s unprecedented permission for Cheryl\u2019s master of environment and sustainability thesis to be expressed as an art exhibit, allowed her to create a platform of knowledge and inquiry more accessible than the conventional scientific thesis paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d.docs.live.net\/6783ee5fed0c668c\/Documents\/Documents%20-%20Darcy\/Cheryl\/Website\/See%20I%20am%20One%20Snelgrove%20Exhibit%20and%20Website%20Statement.docx#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> An affected community or person(s) directly affected by oil sands remediation through place, rights, experience, impacts, or livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kagcag.usask.ca\/exhibitions\/2025\/sens-exhibition.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See I Am One. USASK Gallery Exhibit Info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See. I Am One. envisions everything connected to everything else, water as one entity whose health encapsulates ecological and social balance for generations to come. Cheryl considers water one \u201cwhole<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cherylbuckmaster.ca\/?page_id=1409\" class=\"readmore\">Click on link to see details<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">See. 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