Gila 2.0: Warding Off the Wolf

Symposium:

• ISEA2012: 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art

• Gila 2.0: Warding Off the Wolf

• Marina Zurkow

Venue(s):

• Hotel Albuquerque, Albuquerque, United States

• Gila 2.0 visual signage is displayed at the Gila Wilderness trailheads or roadside, and in other graphical formats. The focus of the signage is the reintroduced Mexican Wolf, centrally positioned in the nature/culture debate that arises when interests (non-human as well as human) intersect. Seen either as the endangered poster child for native wilderness or as a competing predator, the Mexican Wolf coexists with landowners, livestock, game hunters, pets and eco-tourists. The signage leverages native “prehistoric” Mimbres/Mogollon designs – the animistic and geometric pottery that has become a graphic signature for the Southwest – and uses tracking data gathered from the radiocollared wolves, in order to visualize the complex set of relationships that comprise a contemporary ecosystem. (Silver City).

Category:

• Artist Talk