Ian Clothier, Jean Biagini, Cris Benton, Susan Schwartzenberg, Peter Richards, Amy Balkin: Hidden Ecologies

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Hidden Ecologies

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Symposium:

ISEA2006: 13th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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Venue(s):

South Hall , San Jose , United States

Artist Statement:

Hidden Ecologies is a field experiment by architect Chris Benton, microbiologist Wayne Lanier and independent curator Marina McDor.rgall. Fusing views assembled through aerial kite photography with on-site micro-cinematography, Hidden Ecologies maps transitional salt- marsh geographies of the San Francisco Bay. Equipped with a mobile field laboratory of note- books, field microscopes, GPS devices and an array of photographic equipment, the team works in the field to record aspects of the local environment that lie beyond everyday percep- tion-local landscape features, the invisible composition of micro-communities, or forgotten cultural histories. Field research is joined with archival materials and cultural commentary on a website that is designed as a living organism, inviting annotations from within as well as outside the team.