It's @walkhighlands.co.uk time! And in my latest column I'm taking a closer look at the weirdness that is Fata Morgana. I've only seen this bizarre mirage a couple of times, and this particular sighting was on 27th December on Carn na Drochaide. My brain hurts after writing it though! 😆
Detail: Where do our old computers go? Here is a large-scale abstract mixed-media wall art piece by artist Elias Sime. It’s a tapestry made of woven and layered reclaimed electrical wires that are tightly wound and braided, then nailed to a panel. Obsolete circuit boards make a border. Colors are mostly green with gold, purple, turquoise. Sime creates his work by recycling e-waste that he finds at the Menalesh Tera (translated as “what do have?”) open-air markets in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He learned the braiding technique from local women, who then collaborated with him. See a fascinating video: “Elias Sime – Tightrope.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Vm8JXYQ3E&list=PLg9bohYNTKk4kJwapygHlkIk-RW0Z-711&index=2
Full image: Where do our old computers go? Here is a large-scale abstract mixed-media wall art piece by artist Elias Sime. It’s a tapestry made of woven and layered reclaimed electrical wires that are tightly wound and braided, then nailed to a panel. Obsolete circuit boards make a border. Colors are mostly green with gold, purple, turquoise. Sime creates his work by recycling e-waste that he finds at the Menalesh Tera (translated as “what do have?”) open-air markets in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He learned the braiding technique from local women, who then collaborated with him. See a fascinating video: “Elias Sime – Tightrope.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Vm8JXYQ3E&list=PLg9bohYNTKk4kJwapygHlkIk-RW0Z-711&index=2
“Tightrope: Behind the Processor #5.” 2023, Elias Sime, SJ Museum of Art. “He’s transforming outmoded technology into … #poems to the present.” —James Cohan. More info=alt text. #Januarty #green #nail #woven #recycling #mixedmedia #abstract #contemporaryart #technology #Ewaste #art #sciart #tech
Nominated for an Oscar (1964), the NFB documentary about Kenojuak and the print “Arrival of the Sun” is a masterpiece and a great work of art (in any genre). Her declaration below is captivating and understated in my view!
Photo of reconstruction of the Sweet Track, oak or ash planks lying along the V of an X-shaped pair of staves fixed in the earth
Built 5,381 years ago - over a few days - in the heart of Somerset, the elevated Sweet Track walkway ran 2 km across marsh, connecting two Stone Age communities for 10-15 years.
wow, this is amazing SciComm. Really nice.
Not so nice of a story for my colleagues in Juneau.
But neat story scientifically.
Wonderful.
The UK has ~40 years of air pollution data in paper reports that badly needs a rescue. Covers 1921 to the early sixties including miners' strikes, the great depression & the aftermath of the 1956 Clean Air Act. Would open the opportunity to study past exposure in today's older people.
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Enjoying the Cargo Bikes feed from @cathytuttle.bsky.social (can pin to your top bar and will also drip feed posts into your follows) which brings in new - and international - content.
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