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Material Histories: Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, 16th Street [1/4 square mile] Phoenix, Arizona + Brush Creek Road [2 miles] Snowmass Village, Colorado

March 11, 2010 Art, Volume One Comments Off

This project takes as assumption that every space and every thing is connected on all sides to the whole rest of the world.

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No(where) Now(here)

March 10, 2010 Art, Volume One No Comments

No(where) Now(here) addresses the issue of wolf recovery in Northern Arizona. The week-long installation took place between October 11th and October 17th, 2009.


you sleep not

corner

alleywalker

fear

Run with

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Memory of Water: The Salt River Project

March 8, 2010 Art, Volume One Comments Off

The Salt River Project follows the Salt River from the recreation areas East of Phoenix out to the Gillespie Dam West of Phoenix. It is the story of an urban desert river.

The project begins with the conceptual framework provided by high water marks. Clumps of dirt, plastic bags and plant growth five feet up in trees serve as a reminder that the dry riverbed is not dead, but only dormant. Too often in the desert, water concerns orbit around the idea that we’re using up all our resources and that the dryness is a sign of the dismal future. Though transient communities have made the river channel home, and others use it as a dumping ground, sooner or later the water will rise again. Everything found in the channel is colored with this knowledge. … Continue Reading

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Arizona Testbowl: Denying Human Rights and Experimenting with the Ecological Integrity of the San Francisco Peaks

February 28, 2010 Opinion, Volume One No Comments

By Kyle Boggs

In Northern Arizona, on the slopes of the state’s highest peak, stands an on-going controversy illuminating deep cultural divides. Here, human rights and environmental justice stand in opposition to enhanced skiing recreation. As the dominant Euro-American culture shifts its perception of progress to achieve a just and sustainable future, the fight to save the San Francisco Peaks from contamination and further development stands at the crossroads of this transition.

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