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Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway
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This article, or artist’s inquiry, was written in concert with the exhibition Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway. Beginning with introductions to bird migration, the concept of global flyways and the history of conservation, the text considers the poetics of art-making relative to academic research. Areas of artistic exploration include a map depicting California’s changing waterscape, video portraits of people of the flyway and assemblages of invented and found avian artifacts. The article concludes with a review of current environmental conditions affecting migratory birds and some reflective passages.
Title: Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway
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This article, or artist’s inquiry, was written in concert with the exhibition Instinct Extinct: The Great Pacific Flyway.
Beginning with introductions to bird migration, the concept of global flyways and the history of conservation, the text considers the poetics of art-making relative to academic research.
Areas of artistic exploration include a map depicting California’s changing waterscape, video portraits of people of the flyway and assemblages of invented and found avian artifacts.
The article concludes with a review of current environmental conditions affecting migratory birds and some reflective passages.
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