Detail View: Environmental Futures: PERMANENT/TRANSITORY

Image Record ID: 
aahi0021865
Work Title (display): 
PERMANENT/TRANSITORY
Work Title (variant): 
What is transitory?
Image Title: 
Detail view of "What is transitory?" during creation
Work Description: 
PERMANENT/TRANSITORY is a crowd-sourced collaboration between artist Nina Elder, NEST, The Dairy Arts Center, CU Boulder, and the larger community. The works explore phenomena, responding to the questions “What is permanent?" and "What is transitory?"
Work Dates (display): 
2020
Work Dates type: 
creation
Work Creator (display): 
Nina Elder (American, born 1981)
Work Creator gender: 
female
Work Creator notes (display): 
Artist and researcher Nina Elder creates projects that reveal humanity’s dependence on and interruption of the natural world. With a focus on changing cultures and ecologies, Nina advocates for collaboration, fostering relationships between institutions, artists, scientists, and communities. Her work takes many forms, including drawings, performative lectures, community projects, and public art. Recent solo exhibitions of Nina’s work have been organized by SITE Santa Fe, Indianapolis Contemporary, and several university museums. Her work has been featured in Art in America, VICE Magazine, and on PBS; her writing has been published in American Scientist and Edge Effects Journal. Nina’s research has been supported by the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Mellon Foundation and she is an affiliate artist of the National Performance Network. She has recently held creative research positions at the Nevada Museum of Art, the Anchorage Museum, and the University of New Mexico. Nina splits her time between Alaska and New Mexico.
Work Subject: 
lists (document genres)
Work Subject: 
communities (social groups)
Work Subject: 
ecology
Work Subject: 
nature
Work Worktype: 
public art
Work Worktype: 
mural paintings (visual works)
Work Category (VRC classification): 
sculptures and installations
Work Measurements (display): 
various dimensions
Work Location (Repository or Site) name: 
Dairy Arts Center (Boulder, Colorado)
Work Location (Repository or Site) role: 
creation
Work Location (Geographic) name: 
Boulder, Colorado
Image Rights (display): 
© Nina Elder
Work Rights (display): 
© Nina Elder
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Holding Institution: 
University of Colorado Boulder
Collection: 
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
Subcollection: 
Environmental Futures
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