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adding to this list for my next project
Avoid Reduce Reuse Regift Rejig Repair Repurpose Recycle Respect Replenish Refuse.
Read moreAntennae issue on art, environment and sustainability
who wants to do this? An issue on art, environment and sustainability “At the forefront of today’s social issues are questions related to the human relationship to nature and the environment, the meaning of a sustainable future and the relationship of environmentalism to modernity and today’s economic structures. While the sciences have, until recently, dominated [...]
Read moreearly shots from fast|slow|complex
These are some early shots from the installations. More documentation next week. fast|slow|complex by Perdita Phillips at Spectrum project space, Edith Cowan University Mount Lawley Campus, 19 February to 1 March 2013 Artist’s talks Saturday 23 February 2:30pm and Wednesday 27 February 11:00am Tuesday to Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm Saturday 23 February 12:00pm [...]
Read morefast | slow | complex exhibition opening
You are invited to fast|slow|complex at Spectrum project space 19 February to 1 March 2013 fast|slow|complex> by Perdita Phillips presents an rigorous body of work from this distinctive Western Australian artist. The exhibition combines investigations into themes of waste and wastelands, with explorations of disaster and transformation born from post-disaster environments. The works showcase the [...]
Read moreShy (dissolution + exchange) installation shots
Even though the Shy (dissolution + exchange) project is expected to take up to two years to complete, the in-progress work was shown at PICA (until 20 October 2012). Here are some quick shots of the installation (hand held, no lighting). The installation almost finished — the blank square is where the animation is [...]
Read moreincurable disease strikes the outback
[Hattah Lakes Storylines Murray Bourcher and Environment Australia 2008]
Read morezombies again…
But the body remains. Vacancy does not mean death. In fact, it means a different form of hungered life… It is a body with organs that has a complicated relationship with its cerebral partner. That body strapped into the car will suffer and be crushed on impact. The body that walks into traffic suffers a [...]
Read morepaper presented at Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision in Word and Image
My paper Constructing a resilience aesthetic in the face of zombie environmentalism was presented at Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision in Word and Image on the weekend: A recent trend in twenty-first century relations with the natural world has been a ‘darkening’ in the tone of debate. The popularity of the zombie as a cultural [...]
Read moreThe last passenger pigeon
The last passenger pigeon the world will ever know died on September 1, 1914
Read morethe difference between weather and climate
Would be just that bit better without the canned laughter…
Read morePossessions
The intelligent man, when he dies, leaves no possessions. If he has collected worthless objects, it is embarassing to have them discovered. If the objects are of good quality, they will depress his heirs at the thought of how attached he must have been to them. It is all the more deplorable if the [...]
Read more131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds
Go to http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/131-years-of-global-warming-in-26-seconds/ to see 131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds The data comes from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures. As NASA notes, “in this animation, reds indicate temperatures higher than the average during a baseline period of 1951-1980, while blues indicate lower [...]
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