Atlantic Basin Project Press Release
POSTED BY Tim
Atlantic Basin Project Web Launch
Click here to view the online exhibition.
Rock Can Roll and the Independent Artists Cooperative are proud to
announce the launch of the Atlantic Basin Project an e-publication of
the contemporary arts. Reception and presentations of selected work
from the project to take place at Resource Centre for the Arts Gallery
on Thursday December 6th at 8 PM in St John’s. All are welcome.
The Atlantic Basin Project is an e-publication featuring the work of
contemporary artists living in coastal communities throughout the
Atlantic Basin. The theme for our First Edition is Mapping the Edge -
Shifting Practice, Transforming Community. Contained in the first
edition is an amazing array of work from artists working in Canada,
The United States, Costa Rica, Jamaica, England, Italy, Thailand and
Newfoundland. We are proud to feature original video and audio
creations, extraordinary photography and artwork, documentation from
cross-country and international collaborations, examinations of the
impact of tourism on culture and essays on the effect of climate
change on our environment.
Coastal communities provide artists with very special perspectives to
cast their eyes upon the world. We live on the edges of continents,
related and interconnected, living close to the elements, always
subject to quick changes, echoes of old trade routes a daily reminder.
We experience first hand the shifts in climate and the early signs of
environmental change. Artists working in these communities are truly
living on the edge and via the technologies that now link us offer
unique and often startling visions.
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