• Electroacoustic Performance and Artist Talk with the Whale Liberation Front

    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

    Whale Liberation Front members Peter Johnson Bowling and Cory Diane will perform a live, electro-acoustic piece in relationship to their installation Untitled, or, They’ve been singing since the gulf was born. This piece is rooted in their long term sonic practices in solidarity with the Gulf Whale and broader Gulf of Mexico ecosystems. Utilizing zither, […]

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  • Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire, Settlement, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains

    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

    Wildfires are an increasing feature of contemporary life in California. Media and scientific accounts tell us that we are in a new age of “megafires”. What combination of human settlement, land use and climate change propels these fires? What drives people to make their homes in increasingly flammable landscapes, and with what effect? In this […]

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  • Weather and the Whale Book Launch and Closing Party

    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, California, United States

    Join us to celebrate the release of the Weather and the Whale catalog with an after-hours viewing of the exhibition and a conversation with three of the exhibition collaborators and catalog contributors: Guillermo Delgado-P, Kailani Polzak and Zac Zimmer. Distributed by University of Minnesota Press, Weather and the Whale is an exciting interdisciplinary catalog combining […]

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