Orion Magazine - https://orionmagazine.org/category/visual-art/ America's Finest Environmental Magazine Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:04:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 195321810 The Chilling Art of Nicole Dextras https://orionmagazine.org/article/ice-sculpture-art-nicole-dextras/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:51 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=269457 NICOLE DEXTRAS works across diverse mediums, blending textile arts, natural materials, performance, photography, and film, to create ephemeral installations and social interventions. She utilizes plants in summer and ice in winter, ...

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]]> 269457 This Artist Uses Trees and Maps to Imagine a Colorado with No Drought https://orionmagazine.org/article/colorado-drought-climate-change-map-art/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:19:14 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=252074 MEREDITH NEMIROV HAS SPENT THE last 30 years walking in the forests of southwest Colorado. While mainly an observational painter, Meredith’s experience of spending time drawing and painting among aspen trees ...

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]]> 252074 In Cloud Gardens, the Dystopian Becomes Sublime https://orionmagazine.org/article/cloud-gardens-video-game-review/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/cloud-gardens-video-game-review/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:34:44 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=248375 In February 2022, novelist, futurist, and Orion contributor Ken Liu joined video game designer Liz Fiacco to discuss Cloud Gardens as part of the CSI Skill Tree series, hosted by Joey Eschrich at Arizona State University’s ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/cloud-gardens-video-game-review/feed/ 0 248375 Art and Science Collide in These Beautiful Macro Images of Insects https://orionmagazine.org/article/insect-photography-levon-biss/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:24:03 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=247840   British photographer Levon Biss works in close collaboration with leading museums around the world to bring their hidden collections to a global audience. That’s partially where this project, Microsculpture, came ...

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]]> 247840 Seven Questions for Georgina Kleege, Guest Picture Editor for the Winter 2021 Issue https://orionmagazine.org/2022/01/seven-questions-for-georgina-kleege-guest-picture-editor-for-the-winter-2021-issue/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:57:09 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?p=239352   IN THE WINTER 2021 ISSUE, we scrutinize the ways in which the body informs our perception of and engagement with our surroundings. What we understand of the natural world is ...

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]]> 239352 Animate Earth https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-animate-earth/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 22:55:32 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=236694 A multimedia, cross-country journey of Dream Puppet, the poetic knowledges of ancient forests and disabled communities. ...

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]]> 236694 One Women-Led Nonprofit. One Hundred Photographers. One Million Dollars for the Planet. https://orionmagazine.org/2021/12/one-women-led-nonprofit-one-hundred-photographers-one-million-dollars-for-the-planet/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:38:09 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?p=237641 Photographer: Jasper Doest. During a blizzard in Joshin’etsukogen National Park, on the island of Honshu, a Japanese macaque shakes off snow and water drops while resting on a rock that’s poking ...

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]]> 237641 The Art of Irritation https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-art-of-irritation/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-art-of-irritation/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:55:03 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=235722 Burls share commonalities with pearls—both fascinating irritations, both natural treasures, both grown under duress. ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-art-of-irritation/feed/ 3 235722 something will always rise up and fall again https://orionmagazine.org/article/something-will-always-rise-up-and-fall-again/ https://orionmagazine.org/article/something-will-always-rise-up-and-fall-again/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:04:09 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?post_type=article&p=235338 Poet Kathryn Hunt collaborated with photographer Camille Seaman to create an exploration of the duality, danger, and beauty between humans and nature. ...

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]]> https://orionmagazine.org/article/something-will-always-rise-up-and-fall-again/feed/ 0 235338 Introduction to Secret Life by Theo Ellsworth & Jeff VanderMeer https://orionmagazine.org/2021/09/introduction-to-secret-life-by-theo-ellsworth-jeff-vandermeer/ Thu, 30 Sep 2021 22:22:40 +0000 https://orionmagazine.org/?p=232488 “To the west: trees. To the east: a mall. North: fast food. South: darkness.  And at the centre is The Building.” JEFF VANDERMEER’S novels and stories are known for the ways ...

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