Friday, October 18, 2019

Atmosphere Project- diy pond in a jar


INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATMOSPHERE PROJECT
NECESSARY:
Get a jar. It must be clear glass.
Get some water from the lake or from a puddle.
Get some soil or pebbles
Put them all in a jar.

RECOMMENDED:
Get some seeds- you can get seeds from flowers that have just died.. look in the grasses and where wild flowers are grown.
Get a small plant growing by the lake or by a puddle, or a little bit of algae (the gooey green stuff on the lake). Get a stick and put it in there. A snail..
Any combination.
Look for other things to go in the jar- you can be creative- try a bit of bread, a little beer, a piece of fruit (these all have sugars and/or yeasts). Or something that might continue to decay such as a leaf.
Put them all in a jar.

Put plastic with a rubber band or a lid on it.
Make a couple of small holes for air.
Put it on a SUNNY windowsill.
Photograph it every day for 3 weeks.
Photograph it from the same angle every day.
At the end you should have 21 photographs.

Organize these images in Photoshop, Final cut pro or another professional editing software.



Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Sun Come Up Film

Sun Come Up
https://siu.kanopy.com/video/sun-come



An Academy Award nominated film that shows the human face of climate change. The film follows the relocation of the Carteret Islanders, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean, and now, some of the world's first environmental refugees.

When climate change threatens their survival, the islanders face a painful decision. They must leave their ancestral land in search of a new place to call home. Sun Come Up follows a group of young islanders as they search for land in war-torn Bougainville, 50 miles across the open ocean. Sun Come Up provokes discussion about climate change, displacement, and the rights of vulnerable communities around the globe.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Sweetwater Foundation

Sweetwater foundation https://grist.org/article/emmanuel-pratt-macarthur-genius-sweet-water-chicago/