Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the Martinos Auditorium of the Granoff Center for the Arts at Brown University.

Virescent – Studio 2 

This video and sound installation by Ed Osborn, Brown University 

associate professor of visual art, uses the practices of sound and 

video recording to investigate natural sites in the Arctic in both micro 

and macro scales.

Artists Talk

Computer scientist Bridget Baird, poet Judith Goldman, sound artist 

Brett Terry and visual artist Andrea Wollensak discuss their most 

recent collaboration, the exhibition Open Waters [Northwest Passage 

& Polar Sea]

Exhibition Openings

Open Waters [Northwest Passage & Polar Sea] – Cohen Gallery

A new work from collaborators Bridget Baird, Judith Goldman, Brett 

Terry and Andrea Wollensak that uses generative art to explore the 

rich history of Arctic expeditions and current climate change realities 

through audiovisual events inspired by climate data.

White Wanderer – Atrium Gallery

A new audiovisual work by Luftwerk – artistic collaborators Petra 

Bachmaier and Sean Gallero – that brings to life the cracking of 

Antarctica ice.

Free Improvisation Image and Soundscape Concert

The Speculative Auralizations of the Anthropocene, in the Key of the Schumann Resonances

Justin Guariglia, Stephon Alexander, and Melvin Gibbs

   

        A textural sonic meditation on images by Justin Guariglia, featuring 

        performances by Stephon Alexander, tenor saxophone; Melvin Gibbs, 

        electric bass; Butch Rovan, alto clarinet and electronics

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Friday, April 6, 2018

9:00 am – 10:00 pm

Virescent, video and sound installation by Ed Osborn – Studio 2

Artist Talk – List Art Building, Room 120, 64 College Street

Danish sound artist and composer Jacob Kirkegaard discusses his

soundscape Isfald (Icefall), in which he uses recordings made deep 

underwater of calving icebergs in Greenland. 

Exhibition opening reception – David Winton Bell Gallery, 64 College Street

33° is a series of exhibitions and public artworks addressing the 

impact of climate change and associated threats of ice melt, sea level 

rise, and endangered species and ways of life. The Bell Gallery 

installation features work by African American and Native American 

photographer Camille Seaman; and German landscape photographer 

Olaf Otto Becker, in addition to Kirkegaard.

Photo murals of polar landscapes and species threatened by climate

change by Seaman, Becker, James Balog (American), Jean de 

Pomereu (French), and Iain Roy (Scottish) are displayed on the 

façades of Brown buildings around campus. 

This exhibition is curated by Jo-Ann Conklin and organized by the 

David Winton Bell Gallery and the Public Art Committee in association

Polar Opposites. Generous support was provided by an anonymous 

donor.

Film Screenings

Burning Ice, 2010

Peter M. Gilbert and Adam Singer, co-directors, 80 min.

This film documents Cape Farewell’s expedition to Greenland in 2008, 

with a crew of 45 scientists, artists and musicians, including Laurie 

Anderson, Jarvis Crocker, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Martha Wainwright, 

among others. Commissioned by Sundance Television, the film 

reveals how artists and musicians working in partnership with 

scientists can inspire a re-imagining of a sustainable future.

There Will Be Some Who Will Not Fear Even That Void, 2012 

Saeed Taji Farouky, director, 52 min.

A semi-fictional, sci-fi documentary made as director Saeed Taji 

Farouky's love letter to the Arctic. Shot over 2.5 weeks on a tall ship 

as it sailed around Norway's Arctic Svalbard Archipelago, the film 

incorporates the stories, work and experiences of the 16 other artists 

aboard, including Brown University’s visual arts faculty member Ed 

Osborn.