the world of fast; the world of deep
the world of fast the world of deep Discuss.
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incurable disease strikes the outback
[Hattah Lakes Storylines Murray Bourcher and Environment Australia 2008]
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zombies 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
paper 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
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The last passenger pigeon
The last passenger pigeon the world will ever know died on September 1, 1914
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the difference between weather and climate
Would be just that bit better without the canned laughter…
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Possessions
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
131 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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Zombie Environmentalism
Zombie environmentalism. Phrase. /’zombi In|vaIren’ment(a)lIz(e)m/ A trend in early 21st century relations with the natural world. It can be divided into three different aspects. 1. The behaviour of individuals or groups in society which is willingly or unconsciously uncaring of the natural world and the consequences of individual or collective behaviours. The conduct of
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Shy (dissolution + exchange) Exchange 3
Val Shaw produced an intricate response to the project on her envelope (this one was sent to Perdy and will be in the Yonder show). Decorating your envelope is optional way to personalise your exchange with the next person on the list (and with the project in general, via aestheticising the envelope that goes
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an attempt to digitally send pelicans from Australia to Montevideo
With kind permission of Miriam Salomon, this is of an attempt to digitally send pelicans from Australia to Montevideo, the city where she was born.
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Shy (dissolution + exchange) — needed 25 more participants!
Wanted: 25 extra people in the southern hemisphere for a photocopy/mail art project called Shy (dissolution + exchange). This is a project that I had in proposal form a few years ago (kinda this one http://www.perditaphillips.com/proposition-2-dissolution-of-the-southern-skies-2) for the exhibition called Melbourne 2010: How Can a Network….? . It’s now been revamped as I am
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The Night Watchman, 2004 by Francis Alÿs
Unfortunately I can’t embed this video. I found it whilst searching for a video/dvd on Alÿs. http://www.artangel.org.uk//projects/2005/seven_walks/video_the_nightwatch/video_the_nightwatch
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tree death — mentions Lake Clifton but refers to deaths around the world
Climate change is here… NARRATION Something has changed too, for the Tuart trees. At Lake Clifton, south of Perth, their twisted skeletons rise through the peppermint groves. These ones died in the 1990s. In other areas, they are failing to fruit, and the species’ seed bank is drastically declining. Prof Giles Hardy Again, we
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