david mcconville
The embedded hyperlinks didn't survive the listserv. Inserted below: Roger,
Thank you for your refreshing perspective on the role of artworks in =20
making sensual ecological interactions that are normally =20 imperceptible.
It will be interesting to gauge the pragmatic/pedagogic =20= utility of
"climate art" compared to works that are drawing attention =20= to
related ecological urgencies - such as Chris Jordan's (1) =20 photographic
gestalts illuminating the scale and impact of consumer =20 detritus or the
Newton & Helen Mayer Harrison's () conceptual =20 installation work (2)
with geospatial imagery (that have purportedly =20 diverted billions of
dollars from ecologically devastating projects). I've found it exceedingly
difficult to "visualize" climate data in a =20 way that
communicates its relations to human activity in a =20 satisfactory (that is
to say, an intimate, let alone communicative) =20 way using geospatial
tools. Contextualization of these relationships =20 is made difficult by the
current generation of geospatial browsers =20 since they primarily afford
largely static representations of dynamic =20= metabolic flows. I'd be very
interested to hear of any works using =20 real-time geospatial visualization
that compellingly present dynamic =20 phenomena. On a related note, I
briefly address the need for an increased =20 intimacy in order to mobilize
groups to interactively explore the =20 connections between ecological and
humanitarian issues in a recent NY =20= Times' blog post: Going Beyond
Finding Your Roof on Google Earth (3). =20= The reporter, Andy Revkin, is
particularly interested in the points =20 you raise in your essay, as can be
seen with Climate as Art: What's =20 Your Review (4)? (1)
http://www.chrisjordan.com (2) http://www.theharrisonstudio.net (3) =
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/going-beyond-finding-your-roo=
f-on-google-earth/<http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/going-beyond-finding-your-roo=f-on-google-earth/>(4)
= http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/vote-on-climate-art-beyond-em=
bers/<http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/vote-on-climate-art-beyond-em=bers/>---
david mcconville director, noospheric research division
http://www.elumenati.com > > On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:18 AM, roger malina
wrote: > >> Yasminers >> >> I just submitted a text
RETHINKING CLIMATE ART AS INTIMATE SCIENCE >> >> =
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21958357/Rethinking-Art-Art-as-Intimate-Science
>><http://www.scribd.com/doc/21958357/Rethinking-Art-Art-as-Intimate-Science>>>;
>> for the debates at the RETHINK events that are targed the political
=20= >> meetings >> in >> Copenhagen >> >> We
are at an important time for the political decisions enabling us >> to
confront the realities of climate change=3D artists are on the =20 >>
front line ! >> >> it would be appropriate for us to use YASMIN
also to discuss the =20 >> issues> >> I encourage you to
contribute to the RETHINK ART debates at >> >>
http://www.rethinkclimate.org/
>> <http://www.rethinkclimate.org/>>>; >> >> >>
>> Roger >> >> About =93RETHINK =96 Contemporary Art and
Climate Change=94 >> *http://www.rethinkclimate.org/*
>><http://www.rethinkclimate.org/*>>>;
>> RETHINK =96 Contemporary Art and Climate Change consist of web =20
>> debates, film >> programs, and an art exhibition. It is made
in a unique collaboration >> between the National Gallery of Denmark (
www.smk.dk), Den Frie =20 >> Centre of >> Contemporary Art (
www.denfrie.dk), Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary =20= >> Art >>
Center (www.kunsthallennikolaj.dk), and the Alexandra Institute ( >>
www.alexandra.dk). The exhibition will be shown in Copenhagen at =20
>> these three >> venues from October 31st 2009, and will
coincide with the United =20 >> Nations=92 >> COP15 climate
conference in Copenhagen in December. >> >> The curatorial
ambition of the project is to give the public a new >> perspective on
climate and environment through contemporary art. The >> exhibition
consists of 30 art works by international artists that in >> different
ways investigates abstract climate issues. Among the =20 >> artists
are: >> Tomas Saraceno (AR), Henrik H=E5kansson (SE), The Icelandic
Love =20 >> Corporation >> (IS), Superflex (DK), Eke Ugochukwu
Bright (NI), Olafur Eliasson =20 >> (IS/DK). >> >> *
>> * >> >> Nordic Exhibition of the Year >> >>
=93RETHINK =96 Contemporary Art and Climat
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