Tag: Arts
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Recrafting the Brazilian Arboreal Archive
in ExhibitsRecords of Tree Day ceremonies in Brazil’s public archives belie a mass felling of native trees over the twentieth century. Combining archival photographs with poetic text, the duo Paisagens Móveis re-craft the archive’s narrative through artwork: Cidade-Jardem, or Garden City.
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The Art of Arctic Plants: A Conversation with Zachari Logan
Zachari Logan has built a career on drawing plants. In this interview, Isabelle Gapp talks with him about his residency at Kinngait Studios, where carpets of plants “erupt” across the tundra.
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Contaminated Art on the Plastic Archipelago
in ExhibitsOn the metropolitan archipelago of Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang, where plastic intermingles with organic matter, mixed media artist Alex Côté Hallé creates art that intertwines the urban, the fluvial, and the queer.
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Guerreros de Drones: El Arte de la Vigilancia y la Resistencia en Standing Rock
in ExhibitsComo parte del movimiento de los Protectores del Agua contra el oleoducto Dakota Access, los Guerreros de Drones utilizan la fotografía con drones como una forma de protesta. Una exposición curada por Adrienne Keene y Gregory Hitch destaca su trabajo.
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Play Nature in These Six (More) Board Games
in ChecklistsNate Carlin is back to review six (more) nature-themed board games: the worlds they construct and the ecological stories they tell.
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The Art of Decomposition in “Cetacean” and “Rendered Obsolete”
in ReviewsAnn Xiaoxu Pei explores the whale as a historical symbol of extractive capitalism through sensory remediation in Deke Weaver & Jennifer Allen’s performance Cetacean.
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The City Through More-Than-Human Eyes
in EssaysIndian artist Jagannath Panda is known for his play imagination of urban life. Sreyashi Ray explores how it uses rich textiles and figures to highlight the intersection of human and other-than-human issues that resonate with viewers from all around the world.
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Ten Hidden Gems From the Edge Effects Archives
in ChecklistsThe editorial board recommends environmental readings from the archives—on topics ranging from the Anthropocene to environmental art to blue humanities.
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Into the Not-So-Wild World of Pokémon
in EssaysFrom adorable pets to exotic safaris, the Pokémon universe offers a sprawling jungle gym for players. Writer and gamer Nate Carlin gives a guided tour of what he calls the franchise’s naive ecotopia.
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The Boy and The Bird
in EssaysNancy J. Jacobs explores the thought-provoking, tragic relationship between enslaved Africans and the African grey parrot in eighteenth century European portraiture.