posted by Richard Primack
Our research on
climate change, Thoreau and Concord has expanded over the past few years to
include a wider range of people and field sites. With the Concord Museum and
curator David Wood, we began to more explicitly connect history and climate
change biology, resulting in the current exhibit. In another collaboration, we
have been working with Jane Marsching, a professor at the Massachusetts College
of Art and Design and a media artist, to connect themes of art and science.
Together we launched a user-friendly version of NELOP, the New England Leaf Out
Project, that requests people to contribute observation on the leaf out times
of common tree species.
Jane Marsching at her Field Station Concordia at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Jane has been
developing these and related themes as her contribution to the new Work Out
program at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA. She has built a half-scale, open version of
Thoreau’s cabin as:
“a
platform for data collection, community gathering, citizen science, handmade
and digital explorations of plant and animal life, and a conversation full of
questions about the vibrancy of matter and our role in the stresses and
resiliences of ecosystems.”
This
platform provides many opportunities for interaction with the artist and with
the natural world.
For
more information, check out:
Jane Marsching in her half-scale version of Thoreau's cabin
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