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Comment on On the difficulty of making good climate art by Ross Brier

Ross Brier — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:30:32 +0000

Great post,

Would our Yin Yang Earth qualify as climate art?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2037666461/project-evolution-apparel-help-us-evolve

The yin yang earth is one of 3 new designs we hope to launch, each with their own message. Instead of creating an installation, our medium is the clothing you wear. We hope you like them.

Comment on On the difficulty of making good climate art by Really good immersive environmental art | SciArtSci

Really good immersive environmental art | SciArtSci — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:00:03 +0000

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Comment on Science and art– Talking about a new art movement by GV Art // Art & Science | lo-sci

GV Art // Art & Science | lo-sci — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:51:25 +0000

[...] Arthur Miller to discus this bold proposition. You can read a dissection of one of the debates here. My experience of the show was limited to the private viewing so I’m just going to talk about [...]

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Science-art Scumble | Daily Art News — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:14:21 +0000

[...] Science and art – Talking about a new art movement – Sci-Art-Sci. Is it a new movement? I say yep. Like a rocket. [...]

Comment on Earthquake Art by Mini-Thesis Progress 1 » Tami Evnin

Mini-Thesis Progress 1 » Tami Evnin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:32:32 +0000

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Comment on On the difficulty of making good climate art by sciartsci

sciartsci — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:00:46 +0000

Will,
I definitely agree that land art is the best environmental art out there (or it can be). Its medium is consistent with its message and I appreciate that. I have mixed feelings about Andy Goldsworthy… a bit too beautiful and lacking in impact sometimes (in my opinion). But it usually has to do with my mood at the time. That said, his film Rivers and Tides is definitely worth a watch.

I don’t think that I think climate art has to communicate the issues… it is a response by artists against climate change and can take any number of forms. But I agree that the two best ways to do this are either to use the medium of the earth itself or use ‘information.’ The information thing is also difficult to do without heading into the realm of what is just good design. I would encourage you to look at the work of Tom Corby and the artist duo Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway. Would be curious to hear your thoughts. Planning on writing something on this brand of stuff in the near future, hopefully!

On the two separate blogs, I decided a while back I preferred the WordPress platform, but haven’t figured out whether it makes sense to migrate that one over (since they do have a slightly different topic). Although the other one isn’t dead, I am using it to ‘publish’ some of my better work.

Comment on On the difficulty of making good climate art by Will

Will — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:31:33 +0000

Creating artistic expressions of a scientific-derived phenomena. It’s funny, because there are some topics in climate science that are incredibly tired (e.g., the greenhouse gas diagrams that all of us could draw by heart), and others that we know, but no one really understands (e.g., how do changing surface temperatures translate into turning off ocean circulation? I have no idea, I just believe that it could happen). On one hand, I would like to think that artists can indeed fill in those gaps with Info-Art. On the other hand, I’m very skeptical that they could do that through the normal mediums of fine art; for those purposes, I’m probably more likely to be influenced by very well-done graphics, diagrams, and scientific animations. Artistic Information, if you will.

The only “environmental/nature” art that has really stuck with me so far, has been simple pieces, placed in the outdoors. For example, Andy Goldsworthy. His stuff seems to bypass my cerebral cortex and it taps directly into my emotional connection to nature. A connection that we all have.

I haven’t thought about this to its end yet, but I might question your stated goal of climate art to “communicate the issues”. Those issues have already been communicated through newspapers, magazines, and movies. What seems to be missing (amazingly) is for people to really care. And that would be my goal for climate art. I know there are lots of goals of art, but the kind that I really search for and love attempts to create something visceral for the viewer. And “climate art” could do that. Pieces that would make it clear to me what my own feelings (rather than thoughts) are on climate change.

PS – “Red Ice” is not going to do it for me. Niether would a sizzling Earth. But if Avatar can evoke such strong feelings of environmentalism, I’m sure someone else can too.

PPS – Why ARE you running two separate blogs?

Comment on Earthquake Art by D.V. Rogers

D.V. Rogers — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:58:02 +0000

Earthquake Quartet #1 + LAMoves Presentation at LACE, Los Angeles, 14th Oct 2010
http://lamoves.org/earthquake-quartet/

Comment on The art and science of glassblowing by Rodney Mcdonell

Rodney Mcdonell — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:24:21 +0000

Fantastic post. Glasblowing is something that i hadn’t been introduced to yet in the sci-art field. Thank you very much for sharing. I’ll have to go and educate myself on the finer points now .

Great work. Keep it up!

Comment on A blog about science in art and art in science by Rodney Mcdonell

Rodney Mcdonell — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:15:08 +0000

Hello. Nice to meet you an your blog.

You appear to have only just recently started your blogging journey, very much like myself. I will be come a keen follower of you work as i very much enjoy the content thus far.

The science art nexus really is an amazingly beautiful point to observe the world from. Look forward to reading lots more