Fall 2018
Inspiration for Issue 02 stemmed directly from the work that we saw artists engaging with around Boston. As you flip through these pages, you’ll find that “Field Work” does not exclusively refer to a granular methodology, but rather extends to artists, writers, designers, and scientists whose work directly engages with the land we occupy. Field Work concerns itself with the human experience, the symbiosis between existence and environment, and our relationship to Earth, matter, and its elements.
Throughout this issue, we are posed with questions of stewardship, agency, and empathy towards our planet. As members of the creative community, it can be easy to overlook our contributions to waste and our use of toxic materials for the sake of noble deeds: art, research, civic engagement, community building, etc. Yes, you are currently holding 150 pages of heavy paper lathered with rich inks. Therefore, it’s not to say we should not con-sume, create, or experiment, but rather that we should do so with active consciousness. Field Work presents an opportunity to evaluate our relationship to the earth and to one another as collaborators on this planet.
Excerpt, Editor’s Letter, Jameson Johnson
Title
Author
Category
Inside the Watershed: The ICA Sails Across Boston Harbor
Olivia Kiers
Review
READ
A Farewell Trail: The “Hemlock Hospice”
Sophie Kissinger
Review
READ
Studios Without Walls Explores New Environments for Public Art
BAR Editorial
Review
PRINT ONLY
A Stage for Emergence: Fujiko Nakaya’s Installations Reveal Fog as a Sculptural Medium
Jameson Johnson
Feature
READ
Afterlife in Detroit
Isabella Achenbach
Feature
READ
Clint Baclawski Imagines an Ad-less America in Flashing Lights
Phil Zminda
Feature
PRINT ONLY
Post Partisan: A Look Inside For Freedoms’ 50 State Initiative
Pola Dobrzynski, Mirabelle Espady, and Madeline Jorn
Concept
PRINT ONLY
Reframing Boston’s Waterfront: The Emerald Tutu’s Approach to Climate Change
BAR Editorial
Concept
PRINT ONLY
Island of Simulation: Three Monologues
Andrea Carrillo
Concept
PRINT ONLY
The Art of Pollination: A Conversation with Paige Mulhern
Jameson Johnson
Interview
PRINT ONLY
Surface Tension: An interview with Katarina Burin
Lauren Pellerano Gomez
Interview
PRINT ONLY
Ground Control: A conversation with Cassandra Klos
Lauren Pellerano Gomez
Interview
PRINT ONLY
NCAA + QSS: In conversation with Maria Molteni
Courtney Stock
Interview
PRINT ONLY
Field Notes from the Human Garden: In Conversation with Lani Asuncion
Çaca Yvaire
Interview
PRINT ONLY
Hope is a Consequence of Action: A Conversation with Jane D. Marsching
Mark Alice Durant
Interview
PRINT ONLY
Placing the Uncanny Valley on Google Maps
Stella Egelja
Critical Perspective
PRINT ONLY
A Reconfigured Simulacrum: The Contemporary Art Diorama
Betsy Willett
Critical Perspective
PRINT ONLY
To Sense The Land, As It Is
Laura Knott
Critical Perspective
PRINT ONLY
Historical Amnesia, Patriotism, and the Boston Tea Party Museum
Jessica Caponigro
Critical Perspective
PRINT ONLY
