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How to move a landscape

Title
How to move a landscape / Blane De St. Croix ; edited by Denise Markonish.
Author
De St. Croix, Blane, Artist.
Publication
  • ©2020
  • North Adams, Massachusetts : MASS MoCA, [2021]

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  • Markonish, Denise
  • Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Description
157 pages : illustrations; 24 x 31 cm
Summary
"Blane De St. Croix's work sits at a cross road - inspired by the long history of landscape painting as well as the land art of the 60s and 70. De St. Croix takes these dual approaches (the depiction of landscape in painting and the use of sculpture to highlight changes in the land) and deepens them by engaging with the ecology and the politics of place. By starting with intense research - site visits, interviews with local inhabitants and researchers, and consultations with scientists, journalists, and cultural historians - De St. Croix unpacks his subject collaboratively to create a more complete picture. The resulting artworks are not only visually seductive but tell stories in order to facilitate a greater understanding of the shared social, political, and environmental changes we face globally.How to Move a Landscape is De St. Croix largest and most ambitious exhibition to date and will open in MASS MoCA's 18,000 square foot first floor galleries in July 2020. The exhibition will include existing works alongside new monumental installations focusing on field research about the Earth's dissolving permafrost layer. Focused on the rapid changes in arctic climate and topography, De St. Croix's blend of science, data, sculpture, narrative, and technology will result in the design and creation of a soaring multistory sculpture of a Glacier alongside a research gallery featuring interviews with scientists and residents of the Arctic Region. These interviews address both the scientific data and transformation of residents' ancestral landscapes. The lushly illustrated book will showcase De St Croix's multi-faceted project with texts from scientists and researchers such as Julie Brigham-Grette, Vladimir Romanovsky, Patrick Megonigal and Craig Tweedie, alongside poems from Joy Harjo and Matthea Harvey, essays by Denise Markonish and Jeffrey Kastner, and an interview with Martha Scwendener." -- Publisher's description.
Alternative Title
Blane De St. Croix
Subject
  • De St. Croix, Blane > Exhibitions
  • De St. Croix, Blane
  • Landscapes in art > Exhibitions
  • Sculpture, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Paysages dans l'art > Expositions
  • Sculpture > 20e siècle > Expositions
  • Landscapes in art
  • Sculpture, Modern
  • Art > Catalogs
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Contents
Introduction / Joseph C. Thompson -- Concrete consciousness: Land art in the age of the anthropocene / Jeffrey Kastner -- Interview with Blane De St. Croix at his studio / Martha Schwendener -- Poems / Joy Harjo -- The Drowning world / Denise Markonish -- Statements on climate change / Julie Brigham-Grette, Tony Gerber, Nagruk Harcharek, Patrick Megonigal, Vladimir Romanovsky, Craig Tweedie, Michele Wick -- On thin ice: climate change is a matter of life and death for Iñupiaq whaling communities / Charles Wohlforth -- Acknowledgments -- Exhibition checklist -- Artist CV -- Bios.
Call Number
NB237.D47
ISBN
  • 9780970073891
  • 0970073895
OCLC
  • 1311516255
  • on1311516255
  • SCSB-14409209
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries