Tyler Leininger
Listen
Listen
More and more our wilderness is threatened by human interference. For years mining companies have been trying to gain permits to extract ore from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in Northern Minnesota by using a process known as Copper Sulfide Mining. This is an extremely toxic way of extracting metals, and the results could devastate, not only the BWCA, but also the entirety of Minnesota and down the Mississippi. This piece looks to place the viewer in the BWCA, be immersed by nature and listen to the woods. With words from the great environmentalist and champion of the BWCA, Sigurd Olson, think of your place in this world and the stories that these places tell.
Tyler Leininger
Tyler Leininger is a multimedia artist from Minnesota who has been involved with the arts from a young age. He enjoys working both digitally and traditionally in everything from video to illustration. Spending much of his time surrounded by nature and wilderness, much of his work focuses on the environment and the impact that humans have had on it. His work has been in shows like Minnanimate and featured as a local artist with the Ann Arbor Film Festival touring program during the screenings at MCAD. Tyler Leininger will be graduating with a BA in Digital Media Arts from Hamline University in May of 2020.
