“going, going…”
the stuff that (arctic) dreams were made of
The Northwest Passage–the legendary shipping route through ice-choked Canadian waters at the top of the world–melted free of ice last week, and is now open for navigation, according to satellite mosaics available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and The University of Illinois Cryosphere Today. This summThe Northwest Passage–the legendary shipping route through ice-choked Canadian waters at the top of the world–melted free of ice last week, and is now open for navigation, according to satellite mosaics available from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and The University of Illinois Cryosphere Today. This summer marks the fourth consecutive year–and fourth time in recorded history–that the fabled passage has opened for navigation.er marks the fourth consecutive year–and fourth time in recorded history–that the fabled passage has opened for navigation.
(Reposted from Climate Progress)
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Mesocosm (Northumberland UK), NEW almost-final work
OK I just updated the page and files.
This is the latest, almost done.
The brilliant Veronique Brossier is working with me to create all the new code for this new piece I began in 09/09 at Eyebeam, and it’s in great shape.
Check out the work in progress here. It’ll probably take a while to load.
Mesocosm Prints (in progress)
I am working on large format archival prints this summer/fall from the behemoth formerly known as The Friend Feeder, now to be titled Mesocosm (Northumberland). Thanks Timothy Morton for introducing me to the term. Morton, ‘dark ecologist’ looking at literature, ambient poetics, ecocriticism (and more), authored two texts I find really clarifying and expansive: the book Ecology without Nature , and an amazing essay, Queer Ecology. He also keeps two blogs:
Ecology Without Nature
The Contemporary Condition
Mesocosm (Northumberland), Winter Night 1 and Summer Day 1
Fantastic Creatures and more Real world faeries!
(via Sue Morgan, from Pink Tentacle):
Gensou Hyouhon Hakubutsukan (“Museum of Fantastic Specimens”) is an online collection of creatures “curated” by Hajime Emoto. The three-story virtual museum consists of 9 rooms chock full of water- and land-dwelling monstrosities from all corners of the globe.