Force Majeur at Sagehen

There are some exciting and very interesting convergences happening with the Force Majeure Sagehen art project:

• UC Santa Cruz just formed the Center for Force Majeur Studies to:

"...generate long-term research projects that address the emerging stresses of the Earth’s largest ecosystems by co-joining the processes of art-making and the Sciences within the uniquely and specifically-framed perspective of work by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, understood as the Harrison Studio. The scope of mission of the Center includes work beyond typical categories and is in support of an evolving Art/Science hybrid form."

• The Harrisons also recently finished a project in the Yuba watershed that is part of their "Sierra Nevada: An Adaptation" exhibit currently showing at the Nevada Museum of Art. More info.

They used Aldo Leopold's challenge of "Thinking Like A Mountain" as a point of departure to examine land use decisions made in the watershed. See photos, below | Read text

• Coincidentally, we featured the Harrisons and the Nevada Art Museum's Center for Art + Environment in our recent video, "The Leopold Family Legacy at Sagehen Creek".