Document Type
Other
Publication Date
Spring 2026
Abstract
This PDF includes a portion of 2026 WVU Art in the Library and West Virginia and Regional History Center Mountain Artist in Residence, L. Renée's resulting works.
Remain is an interdisciplinary poetry project by L. Renee, the West Virginia University Libraries' 2.02.6 Mountain Artist in Resident. Developed in collaboration with the West Virginia & Regional History Center (WVRHC), this exhibit serves as a poetic activation of archival records concerning mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. Through the residency, L. Renee accessed the environmental, geological, and community archives. In her work, she examines the endurance of both human and non-human life following violent ecological rupture. The exhibit transforms clinical and historical documents into layered acts of witness and remembrance. By utilizing a variety of poetic forms, including erasure, contrapuntal, found, and ekphrastic poetry, Renee challenges viewers to look closely at what is left behind in the wake of extraction.
Recommended Citation
Renée, L., "Remain: An Exhibit by L. Renee Downtown Library" (2026). Art in the Libraries Retrospective: 2015-2024. 11.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/retrospective2015-2024/11