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March 13-20, 2008            

 
         

120 students. 12 hours. A lecture by an Environmental Scientist about the history of water on this planet. The foundation of the Ark was built. This first day was a frenzy of getting to know our materials, each other and this new space on site at Pasadena City College.  
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The Reverse Ark was prefaced with a symposium:
March 13-14, 2008
ANYTIME, ANYPLACE: A
Art Collectives in the 21st Century.





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Schedule
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10am:
Deconstruction of the Palattes and cardboard stacks.

Build foundation of the Ark with palattes and cardboard

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1pm: Lecture: Tapio Schneider
Environmental Science + Engineering
California Institute of Technology

Floods in the Past and FutureUntil about 5,500 years ago, what is now the Sahara desert was covered with lakes, surrounded by lush vegetation. Around the same time, large
lakes covered what is now relatively dry land in central Asia. Within centuries, the climate in those regions changed drastically. I will
talk about the processes that are responsible for such climate changes and about what they imply for future climates. For example, among the changes that are expected is an in-creased likelihood of intense
rainfall: what currently is a hundred-year flood may become a twenty-year flood.

 

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2pm: Student Lecture
Students create condensed, 3 minute version of Tapio's lecture to present to students/gallery visitors who pass through.

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Rubbings/Poster:
Visiting classes are asked to listen to 3 minute Tapio lecture and then choose a word or phrase that they learned or excited them. Then they made a poster with text made from rubbings of letters from metal text and signage around campus.

 

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7pm: Futurefarmers Public Presentation of Project.




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9pm:
Film Screenings:

1. Mana-Beyond Belief Director: Peter Friedman + Roger Manley

Excerpts: Tuna auction + Mercedes building
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2. The Original Marey Documents
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Schedule
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Links:
Tapio Schneider




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