The Art of Recycling in Antarctica : The Long View

迈克尔·巴塔罗斯(0739945)南极洲回收的艺术：长远的视角由艺术家迈克尔·巴塔罗斯构思的“南极洲回收的艺术：长远的视角”项目将产生一本雕塑书，由在南极麦克默多和南极站收集的可回收材料制成。这位艺术家打算让这个项目“提高国际社会对南极洲资源保护实践的认识，进而促进和激励世界范围内的可持续性。”这本雕塑书由100个小插图组成，放在统一大小的影子盒中，将彼此铰接在一起，作为一个连续的、独立的手风琴折叠书籍结构展示。这件艺术品的冗长形式类似于从全球环境意识的角度出发，美国南极计划严格的回收计划就是一个例子。艺术家还将把雕塑项目改编成印刷书籍的形式，并创建补充的数字格式，所有这些都将向公众开放。艺术家在南极洲的停留时间很短，艺术家在麦克默多和南极站的支持需求也很小。然而，最终的工作有可能产生可观的投资回报，并引起对USAP回收计划的积极关注。该项目有助于进一步了解南极的环境努力，以及更广泛地了解该大陆和生态系统。

Michael Bartalos (0739945)Art of Recycling in Antarctica: The Long ViewThe "Art of Recycling in Antarctica: The Long View" project conceived by artist, Michael Bartalos will result in a sculptural book made from recyclable materials collected at McMurdo and South Pole stations in Antarctica. The artist intends that the project will "raise international awareness of resource conservation practices in Antarctica, and by extension, promote and inspire sustainability worldwide." The sculptural book, comprised of 100 vignettes housed in uniformly sized shadow boxes will be hinged to one another to display as a continuous, free-standing accordion-fold book structure. The artwork's lengthy form draws analogies to taking "the long view" in regard to worldwide environmental consciousness as exemplified by the U.S. Antarctic Program's rigorous recycling program. The artist will also adapt the sculptural project to that of a printed book and will create complementary digital formats, all of which will be available to the public.The duration of the artist's stay in Antarctica is minimal as are the support needs of the artist while at McMurdo and South Pole stations. However, the final work has the potential to yield a considerable return on investment and call positive attention to the USAP recycling program. This project serves to inspire further learning about Antarctic environmental efforts and more broadly, the continent and ecosystem.