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OCTOBER 2 - 4, 2008
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART // RENO, NEVADA
Global interest in the intersections of nature and culture has broadened in recent years.
In this expanding field, contemporary artists and designers have re-envisioned the
concept of environment. To better understand the ideas shaping this dialogue, the
Nevada Museum of Art will host creative practitioners whose works explore natural,
built, and virtual environments.
Michael Heizer and the military chose Nevada for a reason. It's a paradoxical and
unpredictable place. Wide open and the world's stage. A playground and a dumping
ground. Nuclear. Entertainment. Water. Sprawl. Ranching. Beauty. Mining. Gaming.
Land Art. Spectacle. Fantasy. Why hold The Conference in Nevada? Because
unpredictability yields possibility.
With programming and permanent collections focused on art and the environment,
and key partnerships with the environmental and science communities, the Nevada
Museum of Art looks toward building an active network of people who are shaping
the future of this field.
Welcome to The Art + Environment Conference at the Nevada
Museum of Art. We're launching this new initiative with a
conference in October, and we hope you will join us to talk about
how and why art has become just as important as science in
understanding the nature of environments.
Just as scientists in the 1960s began crossing disciplines to
understand how environments work, so artists started to mix genres
in order to model our relationship with them. Sculptors stopped
working with clay and steel in their studios and went directly to the earth. Architects
became installation artists and digital cartographers. Painters and photographers
became participant-observers in agriculture and industry.
We're bringing together artists, designers, writers, and scientists from around the
country to discuss how they change-and are changed by-the natural, built, and
virtual environments in which they work.
-William L. Fox, The Conference Lead Moderator
REGISTRATION
General Registration (May 16 to September 26, 2008)
NMA Members - $360 // General - $400 // Students - $300
Seating is available for 180 registrants with an additional 60 seats available in the
simulcast area. Seats will be assigned in the order of registrations received until final
capacity is met.
Saturday Afternoon Excursion to the Nevada Desert
Saturday, October 4 // 3:30 to 7:30 pm //$50 per person
The NMA will host an afternoon excursion to Nevada's scenic desert. Enjoy the open spaces of northern Nevada, walk the same land as those from centuries prior, and listen to local lore. Cost: $50 per person including refreshments and transportation (bus departs the NMA at 3:30 pm and returns at 7:30 pm). Event fee must be prepaid with registration.
+ CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat©. Or, you may
fill out the form and fax to 775.329.1541, attention Sara Frantz.
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image: Chris Drury, Turning, 2004, pine logs, installed at the Sainsbury Center for the Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, U.K.
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