DITCHIN’: the muck & the cut

DITCHIN’: the muck & the cut is a print and projection installation developed by artist and printmaker Heather McMordie and soil scientist and environmental historian Edward Landa. The project examines the long-term impacts (physical and cultural) of early 20th-century mosquito control ditches on the coastal wetlands of the Northeastern United States. Viewers are invited to physically and metaphorically step through miasmic layers of information in this multi-media installation of real and imagined landscapes. Their collaboration has yielded cyanotypes, naturally corroded etchings, prints and drawings.

The work is currently on view through December 31, 2026 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Art Gallery in Washington, DC.