Atlantic Basin Project - Web Launch
Rock Can Roll and the Independent Artists Cooperative are proud to announce the launch of the Atlantic Basin Project - an e-publication of the contemporary arts. Reception and presentations of selected work from the project to take place at Resource Centre for the Arts Gallery in St. John’s Newfoundland on Thursday December 6th at 8 PM. All are welcome. Anyone wishing to participate in the event via Second Life (at 4 PM SLT) please email us for SLURL and details - atlanticbasinproject@gmail.com
The Atlantic Basin Project is an e-publication featuring the work of contemporary artists living in coastal communities throughout the Atlantic Basin. The theme for our First Edition is Mapping the Edge - Shifting Practice, Transforming Community. Contained in the first edition is an amazing array of work from artists working in Canada, The United States, Costa Rica, Jamaica, England, Italy, Thailand and Newfoundland. We are proud to feature original video and audio creations, extraordinary photography and artwork, documentation from cross-country and international collaborations, examinations of the impact of tourism on culture and essays on the effect of climate change on our environment.
Coastal communities provide artists with very special perspectives to cast their eyes upon the world. We live on the edges of continents, related and interconnected, living close to the elements, always subject to quick changes, echoes of old trade routes a daily reminder. We experience first hand the shifts in climate and the early signs of environmental change. Artists working in these communities are truly living on the edge and via the technologies that now link us offer unique and often startling visions.
View the Atlantic Basin Project online at:
http://www.atlanticbasinproject.com
Featured Artists: Jeremy Webb (UK), Frank Barry (NF), The Greater Periscope Orchestra (UK/Canada), Robyn Love (USA/NF), The Griot Collective (Costa Rica), Iris Garrelfs (UK), Sarawut Chutiwongpeti (Thailand), Roger Smith (UK), Juan del Gado (Spain), Second Front Performance Art Collective (USA/Canada/Italy), Germander Speedwell (UK), Warrior Queen Nzinga (Costa Rica/Jamaica), Lisa Stansbie (UK), Hillary Winter (NF), Catherine Beaudette (USA/Canada), Pam Hall and Margaret Dragu (NF/BC), Rhonda Pelley (NF), Tim Brickell (UK),
The Atlantic Basin Project is a project of the Independent Artists Cooperative and Rock Can Roll Independent. Created with support from the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council.
