Ceci est un event archivé de la Fête de la Culture 2021.
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Littorally Speaking: A Coffee Table Book Launch
Numérique
Arts numérique at nouveau média Nature et plein air Photographie Science et technologie Arts visuelsDate et heure
Cette activité se déroule pendant toute la durée de la Fête de la culture.
Lieu
Ottawa, ON
Accès
Gratuit.
Offert en Anglais.
The event simulates the experience of flipping through a book.
À propos
“Littorally Speaking: A Coffee Table Book Launch” is an online asynchronous event running from October 1st to 24th. Viewers will have access to a video of an imagined coffee table book that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the urban water system infrastructure in the Ottawa River littoral zone (shoreline areas between high and low water levels). Recalling childhood memories of oversized books filled with images of pristine nature and unspoilt landscapes, the video recreates the sensation of flipping through such a book. The full-page scenic images depict the City of Ottawa’s water purification plants, and selected wastewater and stormwater infrastructural elements.
Through this experience viewers are invited to reimagine their relationship with the Ottawa River and to optionally download a puzzle and a water-wise quiz.
Liens
- Littorally_Speaking bethshepherd.ca
Organisateur
Beth Shepherd
Beth Shepherd is an Ottawa-based visual artist working in various media, including photography, video, sculpture, printmaking and painting. Holding an MA in Art History, a BA (Hons) in Psychology and a BSc in Biology, she works at the intersection of ecology, animal advocacy, and ecocritical art history. The "coffee table book" is part of a multi-year project related to the health of the Ottawa River in the midst of the global climate emergency.