Emplacement

The Science

The Frank Slide developed due to coal mining that made Turtle Mountain prone to slope failure. The mountain is mostly limestone situated on top of softer layers such as shale and sandstone. Many mountains near Fernie are upside-down: tectonic forces pushed the mountain layers so that the layers flipped, and older rocks are situated on the top of younger rocks.Tie Lake is a human-made geographical feature utilized for logging.  All of these places indicate change due to geological and human processes.

https://frankslide.ca/learn

https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/search/search-result.aspx?type=Site&site=REC5173

https://fernie.com/about-fernie/geology/upside-down-mountains/

The Medium

We took three photographs from different parts of Canada and combined them into one photograph. The first was of Frank Slide where one of largest rock slides in Canada occurred in the Crowsnest Past near Turtle Mountain, the second was of the Rocky Mountains located in Fernie, and the third (of the water) was taken on Tie Lake to add a personal element to our project.

Artist Bio

Sahrysha and April are college students, studying to become teachers. They wanted to be able to express their love for Tie Lake in British Columbia, where they both spent their childhoods. They decided to create an art project through which they could relate Geology to their own personal lives, and this shared location became the perfect focus, supported by another location for each of them. The associated poem was written to emphasis the sentimental layers underpinning their artwork.