b'LindaOKEEFFEProfessor and ChairContinents Drifting, 2022; Audio and video; dimensions variableIn 2022 I was commissioned by i-Portunus to create a body of work as part of the Edges residency and the Brighton Art Festival. While there I explored the concept of the possible evolution of non-biological life forms, an experimental leap to create new de\x1fnitions of life. This piece conceptualizes how novel communication modalities, existing hundreds of thousands of years agohybrid life forms intertwined with stone, soil, rock, plant and animalhave endeavored to bridge a conversation with us across geological epochs, re\x1eecting on our disproportionately colossal impact on this planet. The very elements we inhabitearth, stone, soil, rock, shellmay have subtly forewarned us, revealing our existence as transient, ephemeral whispers, traces potentially vanishing without leaving discernible marks, should we precipitate our own ending.lindaokeeffe.com15'