Sweetwater Foundation

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

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.

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.

Iteration and Series: projects that involve series

Charlie Roderick

Jin Lee: Lake Effect

Gail Wight: 
flowers and variations on flowers

duskin drum: Sad Penguins

Brian Collier

Fwd: Annotated photographs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/09/san-quentin-prison-photography-annotated-bampfa

Rasquachismo

https://insider.si.edu/2017/01/lesson-rasquachismo-chicano-asthetics-taste-underdog/

defiant and inventive

Altars from Afro Brazilian and other

https://www.crystal-life.com/native-american-altars/

http://www.artnews.com/2018/03/27/icons-amalia-mesa-bains/

Cosmologies

Cosmologies: Lakota medicine wheel

from physics- where the world/ Universe comes from

from a commercial website- appropriation

indigenous ideas

We're here too

There’s a common misconception that black people don’t love wild places. Latria Graham, a southerner with deep connections to farms, rivers, and forests, says the problem isn’t desire but access—and a long history of laws and customs that have whitewashed our finest public lands.

read at

https://www.outsideonline.com/2296351/were-here-you-just-dont-see-us

When I type “black people don’t” into Google, statements like “black people don’t like to work” and “black people don’t travel” show up. When I add “camp,” I get a Guardian article called “Why Don’t Black People Camp?” BlackAmericaWeb.com, a news site for African Americans, features a list of “22 Things Black Folks Don’t Do.” Number two is “Go camping or hiking.” Seven is “Go to national parks.” Later comes “Swim” (#17), landing just ahead of “Eat tofu” (#19).

There’s reality behind some of these beliefs, but the big takeaway—that black people dislike the outdoors—is wrong. I’ve loved the woods and wild places all my life, and the same is true for my family and friends. According to a 2016 poll by New America Media’s Next 100 Coalition—a group of civil rights, conservation, and community organizations working to bring diversity to national parks and other outdoor spaces—we’re not alone. Seventy percent of those surveyed, all people of color, said they regularly participate in outdoor activities, including hiking, camping, photography, and picnicking. In that same poll, 57 percent of respondents said they’d visited U.S. public lands.

Black Speculative Arts Movement

St. Louis Afrofuturists Bring Black Speculative Art Home And To The World

Harris-Stowe State University professor Reynaldo Anderson has spent years nurturing and cultivating a black creative community around speculative art. In early February, members of that community showcased their musical work and celebrated Black History Month at Harris-Stowe State University. It was the first night of the 2019 Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM) in St.