Terranova Redux is a restored installation by Marsha Pels revisiting her pivotal 1995 Sculpture Center exhibition Terranova, a work that explored vulnerability, protection, and survival through archetypal imagery in an immersive environment.
Originally conceived in response to the 1993 Iowa floods, the installation features suspended parachutes, a 25-foot argon-mercury umbilical cord, and infant forms cast in crystal on marble pillows, evoking themes of birth, rescue, and the fragile balance between safety and dang
