Fascinating reading–maybe we don’t like to see ourselves so utterly deposed…
Water as medium
I love it when artists use natural surfaces in innovative ways. Ray Bartkus makes water into a screen space. Or a life-size immersive pop-up book.
Geckobots
Wired.uk reports that “Nasa turns to geckos for ‘ultimate stickiness’ climbing space robots.” And why wouldn’t they?!
Reef recordings
Fascinating approach to underwater wildlife monitoring, detailed in Popular Science: “One study published in Marine Ecology Progress Series found that a single low-frequency recorder might be enough to monitor the populations of fish and other aquatic life living on a reef. The small instrument could be deployed at reefs all over the world, recording information […]
Sobering News
This is a disturbing report.
saguaro surveillance
Like cell phone towers disguised as pine trees, the cactuses used to read license plates in Arizona attempt to blend natural features with civic infrastructure.
Duchamp’s “Étant donnés” (1946-66)
Duchamp’s “Étant donnés,” composed of a naked lady collapsed against a lurid natural palette (the gas lamp she holds proves (perhaps) she is not a corpse), combines the technology of the peepshow with the lush colors of the panorama and functions as a striking VR precursor.
“Dream Realm 1” (2014)
Interesting to see that simulations of natural landscapes are still happening with vr tech. (Simon Robertson’s “Dream Realm 1” (2014)).
“Expansion” by Simon Robertson
Mesmerizing image by Simon Roberston
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities
An excellent resource on the MLA commons.