Monthly Archives: August 2015

Elizabeth Ellsworth & Jamie Kruse: A Warning Sign to Last 10,000 Years

Artists and creative types are often looking for an idea with legs: something that can adapt and evolve to carry forth an enduring theme. With the Marking Deep Time Studio, the legs are everything.   Conceived in 2011 by smudge—a … Continue reading

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The Myth of Preserving “Pure” Nature

In American mythology, the settlement of the West was the story of hardy pioneers scratching out rugged new lives, though in reality, by the time most pioneers arrived, much of the western landscape was owned and developed by agricultural and … Continue reading

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Allison Davies: Landscapes with a Mission

“I needed to find a reason to be in those landscapes, because they have been photographed so many times before that just taking a photograph of them was not enough,” Allison Davies explained as she looked at the mysterious figure … Continue reading

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Is the Drive to Explore Linked to Madness?

In a 2011 issue of the New, Yorker Swedish biologist Svante Pääbo discussed with writer Elizabeth Kolbert the possibility of a gene that might explain why modern humans (as distinct from Neanderthals) began, as he put it, “venturing out on … Continue reading

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