From the ground up : nurturing diversity in hostile environments / edited by Irene Georgia Tsatsos ; with contributions by Janeth Aparicio Vazquez, Olivia Chumacero, Danielle A. Hill, Sean C. Lahmeyer, Hillary Mushkin, Heber Rodriguez, Shoop Rozario, Enid Baxter Ryce, David Delgado Shorter.

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  • Pasadena, CA : Armory Center for the Arts, [2024]
  • ©2024
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270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

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"What do we do when the lights go out and the power grids fail? What happens when mass populations are systematically disconnected from the transnational capital they depend upon for basic needs? Where is the knowledge for securing food and shelter? From the Ground Up: Nurturing Diversity in Hostile Environments is a compendium of artworks, insights, and information designed to inspire readers to explore speculative ecologies, ancient technologies, and possible scenarios of being in community with our other-than-human relations. Serving as a companion to the From the Ground Up: Nurturing Diversity in Hostile Environments exhibition, this publication brings together 16 contemporary artists and artist teams responding to the themes of intergenerational knowledge, connection to land, and imagined futures including Charmaine Bee; Nikesha Breeze; Carl Cheng; Olivia Chumacero; Beatriz Cortez; Mercedes Dorame; Aroussiak Gabrielian; iris yirei hu; Lez Bats (Sandra de la Loza and Jess Gudiel); Malaqatel Ija, Semillas Viajeras, Seed Travels; Hillary Mushkin; Vick Quezada; Sarah Rosalena; Enid Baxter Ryce; Cielo Saucedo; and Marcus Zúñiga. Contributions upend expectations for a project focused on the intersection of art and science by pulling from traditions, knowledge, and inspiration that precede these terms. Exhibition curator Irene Georgia Tsatsos uses journal entries to set the groundwork for the themes of the exhibition and outline the development of the project. Olivia Chumacero offers a story in the perspective of Querkus Kwi, an ancient indigenous coastal live oak, sharing it's life cycle and encounters with human and nonhuman life forces. David Delgado Shorter contributes a discussion between Craig Torres, Tongva knowledge-bearer, and Leah Garza, PhD student in community liberation and Indigenous and Akashic psychology at Pacific Graduate Institute. Hillary Mushkin shares a recent project surveying the history of the San Joaquin Valley groundwater levels and how they affect local communities and agriculture, framing her installation Groundwater (2024). Enid Baxter Ryce looks to a medieval poem and her personal history to analyze the complexities and interweavings of climate change and agricultural communities in her essay The Devil's Half Acre. Sean C. Lahmeyer describes a collaborative color pigment project of the genus Aloe between The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Kelly Fernandez, and Enid Baxter Ryce. The publication also includes artist plates with project descriptions, an exhibition checklist, and an additional resources section."--Publisher website.
Notes
  • Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Armory Center for the Arts, August 9, 2024-February 23, 2025, and organized by Irene Georgia Tsatsos.
  • "Published by Armory Center for the Arts with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative."
  • Artists in the exhibition: Charmaine Bee, Nikesha Breeze, Carl Cheng, Olivia Chumacero, Beatriz Cortez, Mercedes Dorame, Aroussiak Gabrielian, iris yirei hu, Lez Batz (Sandra de la Loza and Jess Gudiel), Malaqatel Ija, Semillas Viajeras, Seed Travels, Hillary Mushkin, Vick Quezada, Sarah Rosalena, Enid Baxter Ryce, Cielo Saucedo, Marcus Zúñiga.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Director's foreword / Leslie A. Ito
  • Time spiral / Irene Georgia Tsatsos
  • Kuruvungna Springs convening: a conversation between Craig Torres and Leah Garza / David Delgado Shorter, PhD
  • Querkus Kwi (Between spirit of the land and heart of the universe) / Olivia Chumacero
  • Artist's plates : Charmaine Bee ; Nikesha Breeze ; Carl Cheng ; Olivia Chumacero ; Beatriz Cortez ; Mercedes Dorame ; Aroussiak Gabrielian ; iris yirei hu ; Lez Batz (Sandra de la Loza and Jess Gudiel) ; Malaqatel Ija, Semillas Viajeras, Seed Travels ; Hillary Mushkin ; Vick Quezada ; Sarah Rosalena ; Enid Baxter Ryce ; Cielo Saucedo ; Marcus Zúñiga
  • Groundwater / Hillary Mushkin
  • Devil's half acre / Enid Baxter Ryce
  • Diversifying collections in Herbaria: a pilot project to create a color pigment library for the genus Aloe / Sean C. Lahmeyer.
ISBN
  • 9781893900233 ((paperback))
  • 1893900231 ((paperback))
OCLC
1464358874
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