In December of 2021, Jill Krutick gifted eco-”art-ivist” piece Contours of the Earth: Aridification 25, 2021 to the permanent art collection of the University of Pennsylvania, Krutick’s alma mater. Krutick graduated from Wharton undergrad in 1984 with a joint degree in finance and decision sciences. This piece belongs to a series of work dedicated to the complications that arise from the gradual change of a region from a wetter to a drier climate, or aridification.
Below please take a look at the short video we made to show the process and inspiration behind this eco-based work and the development of the Contours of the Earth series.