http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview Explore, Explain, and Protect the Natural World Thu, 17 May 2012 21:38:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's nothing quite like sharing a favorite book, or better yet, a collection of favorite books around a theme. Today I'm introducing a new category to the Long View Project blog that does just that. It's called Antarctic Bookshelf whose posts will feature polar-related editions that inspire me in one ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2012/04/antarctic-bookshelf-1-antarctica-by-emil-schulthess/ My latest piece takes the first five iterations of the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station for its subject. The base is located on the Brunt Ice Shelf of the Weddell Sea and is well known for its atmospheric studies. The first measurements of ozone depletion in the Antarctic stratosphere ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2012/03/long-view-study-no-19-halley-i-v/ Antarctic Item 040 comes from a McMurdo rubble pile. The artifact appears to be a conduit connector encrusted with a white sealing agent. While the device isn't particularly attractive, it presumably proved useful to scientific research. In this way it's something of a metaphor for McMurdo Station itself. McMurdo is anything ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2012/02/antarctic-item-040/ I'm excited to be giving a talk about the Long View project at Target's Spark lecture series in Minneapolis on January 26. Each month Target's creative teams host a speaker with a unique practice or story to relate. Past guests include film director Pete Docter, polar environmentalist Will Steger, and ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2012/01/long-view-talk-in-minneapolis/ Like the previously posted beer cans, this one was recovered from Antarctica’s Dry Valleys across the sound from McMurdo Station. It's likely the oldest of the lot (note the steel lid, pre-dating aluminum ends) and certainly the most weather-punished. Its rich textures and varied colors demanded that both sides of ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2011/12/antarctic-item-007/ This Heineken can appears to have been laying on its side at the mercy of the Antarctic elements for some time, rendering one half quite rusty and the other half thoroughly so. Oxidation aside, its advanced age is also revealed by a pair of lid piercings. It wasn't till the ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2011/12/antarctic-item-006/ Similar as this Bud can appears to the previous post, this one proves older on close inspection. In addition to having lost its red pigment, this one's blue has faded too. Oxidation is more advanced here, particularly on the top and bottom. But the biggest clue is the fully-detachable pull-tab ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2011/12/antarctic-item-005/ I'm back to cataloging more discards that I retrieved from Antarctica to include in my artwork. This month's featured finds are beer cans. This Bud can appears to be relatively new, judging by its condition and stay-on-tab design. Still, it languished long enough for the weather to have stripped it of ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2011/12/antarctic-item-004/ I'm pleased to be taking part in "Age of Wonder," a group show around the theme of art engaged with the natural world. My new sculpture, LV Installation I, marks my first exhibition of The Long View project, which has been in progress since 2009. Featuring four custom-built shelf units to ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2011/11/long-view-installation-i-age-of-wonder/ My wall installation, RGB-123, is currently on view in "Keeping an Eye on Surveillance," a group show at the Performance Art Institute in San Francisco. PAI describes the exhibition as 'a comprehensive look at societal surveillance in the post-9/11 world. Over twenty artists, working in media ranging from painting and ... http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2011/10/rgb-123/