YOU ARE HERE Introduction| Environmental Art Shows | Personnel | WASTE

Overview of Bridging the Binaries

Informed by the WASTE summit, the one-day Bridging the Binaries symposium assessed how artists are repairing the divide between human and non-human nature. The symposium took a similar approach to the summit in evaluating the effectiveness of environmental art practices and the uses of digital technologies to restore ecosystems, educate the public, and inspire care for all life systems. Presenters and participants evaluated interdisciplinary strategies as well as considered how artists might participate in the upcoming United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002.

We will continue to add presentations to this page as we build this post-conference site.

Go to Panelist Biographies.

Panels

There were two panels, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, which were designed to lay the groundwork for discussion amongst all symposium participants. Generous discussion time was allotted after each panel.

Surveying the Field. The field of environmental or "ecoart" has been and continues to be on the forefront of cross-disciplinary and community-based art practices. Aviva Rahmani, Maine; Susan Steinman, California; and Mo Dawley, Pittsburgh presented brief overviews of their current ecoart projects/research and surveyed the field of environmental art: What strategies and methodologies are working for these and other artists and how can we be more effective? Panel moderated by Ann Rosenthal, Baltimore.

Statement by Beverly Naidus, Vermont, who was unable to be on this panel due to health problems.

Techne--Art and Technology as Tools for Social and Environmental Change. As electronic media has gained credibility as a fine art medium, artists have exploited these tools as a force for social and environmental change. Nell Tenhaaf, Toronto; Josely Carvalho, NYC and Brazil; and Ann Rosenthal, Baltimore discussed how they employ technology to elucidate environmental problems and create community. Panel moderated by Steffi Domike, Pittsburgh.

Chatham College | Chatham Masters in Digital Technology | Rachel Carson Institute