Lithification is the geological process in which sediment turns to stone. Air and water are removed and solid, sedimentary rock is formed. This process can take tens to hundreds of thousands of years. Forever.

The postulation of the Anthropocene has undergone an accelerated cultural lithification. The populace is not willing to wait for languid geologic time to take its course. The Anthropocene is now, and art is showing us the future. What will it look like? How will we not only communicate this period of time, but contextualize it for those who come after us? How do artworks inform the future? In an open conversation we will discuss these questions whilst looking at the ways in which contemporary artists are documenting the potential future effects of the Anthropocene.