Estamos Buscando A : Sasabe by Paul Turounet

January 27, 2022 jennifer

Paul Turounet, Estamos Buscando A | Sasabe

This remnant fragment of the US|MX border wall is from the original 14 miles of primary fencing that was constructed between 1990 and 1993 from the Pacific Ocean to divide the two countries. The fence was constructed of 10 foot-high steel army surplus landing mats (M8A1) with the assistance of the Corps of Engineers and the California National Guard. The original landing mats were manufactured by the Syro Steel Company in Girard, Ohio in 1968 and were used during the Vietnam War. Each original steel mat measured 22 inches high x 12 feet long and were pieced and welded together to make the border wall.

Los Huesos del Agua | Video by Luis Gonzalez Palma

July 1, 2021 jennifer

This short film Los Huesos del Agua | The Bones of Water by famed Guatemalan artist Luis González-Palma is mesmerizing and meditative, soft and introspective. We contemplate our existential existence as we watch the hand of the artist trace the shadow of leafy branches falling across the drawing pad on his lap.

"Nuevo Mundo #17" by Tatiana Parcero

May 7, 2020 jennifer

This early work is a striking sample that addresses Tatiana Parcero’s central themes of identity and mapping. It references a personal horizon of becoming a mother and implicates the intercontinental intergenerational impact of colonization.

"Bristlecone Pine" by Ian van Coller

April 9, 2020 jennifer

Part of the Artist’s greater study on deep time, Naturalists of the Long Now, this image of a bristlecone pine is a strong and stoic contemporary landscape. The bristlecone pine is part of a rare and resilient species; one of the longest living organisms on earth, the subalpine tree clings to poor soil and survives in pocket corridors of the Western US.

"La Luna 2" by Luis Gonzalez Palma

April 9, 2020 jennifer

This work from the Koan series reinterprets astronomical photographs of the moon to reflect on the notion of infinity and the search for an origin.

14#12 London Tower Bridge by Thomas Kellner

April 8, 2020 jennifer

Bridges have been a popular theme in the Artist’s work; he has also documented the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The London Tower Bridge, worthy enough even for children’s songs and games, is arguably the most infamous bridge in history. We can’t help but hear echos of the rhyme in our mind while looking at this work.

"Mayflies and Caddisflies on the Gallatin River" by Ian van Coller & Jenny McCarty

November 8, 2018 jennifer

It may be easy as humans to regard insects as unwanted pests, but this piece reminds us that “Aquatic insects are critical for: Driving stream systems,” and play a critical role in the health of the ecosystem, as they are a “food resource for fish, birds, raccoons, invertebrates, bears; drive flows of energy and nutrients; and cycle material,” notes Jenny McCarty, Masters student in Entomology at Montana State University who collaborated with Van Coller on this work. The unique collaborative image belongs to a 2018 Guggenheim awarded project, Naturalists of the Long Now.