{"product_id":"outdoor-school-contemporary-environmental-art-hardcover","title":"Outdoor School: Contemporary Environmental Art - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane Borsato\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAmish Morrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eOutdoor School\u003c\/em\u003e features recent works of contemporary environmental art and writing by more than twenty-five Canadian and Indigenous artists who propose radical new ways of thinking about and being outdoors together.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade, the Outdoor School project has provided a framework for interdisciplinary artists to come together and share projects that reimagine ways of relating with the landscape. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe experiential and community-based art projects described in \u003cem\u003eOutdoor School\u003c\/em\u003e present an alternative to scientific, commercial and colonial conceptions of land and nature in the face of climate change and mass extinction. These art practices include activities like mushroom foraging, water witching, trespassing, pumpkin-boat sailing, cloud identifying, ravine running, honey extracting, spell conjuring, rabbit hunting, coyote walking and more. The project calls attention to creative, counter-cultural works that are focused on education, community and place, and blur the boundaries between art and life, nature and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing interviews, essays and over 150 photographs, \u003cem\u003eOutdoor School\u003c\/em\u003e is an important contribution to discussions of contemporary art and ecology, foregrounding work that is marginal and ephemeral by nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArtists featured in \u003cem\u003eOutdoor School\u003c\/em\u003e include Alana Bartol, Diane Borsato, Bill Burns, Carolina Caycedo, Sameer Farooq, FASTWÜRMS, Ayumi Goto, Maggie Groat, Gabrielle Hill, Peter Morin, Public Studio, Helen Reed, Genevieve Robertson, Jamie Ross, Aislinn Thomas, Vibrant Matter, Jay White, Tania Willard, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson and D'Arcy Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.2 x 8.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768426955040,"sku":"9781771622844","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6f611b76641bc7cca47914c3ae524c29.webp?v=1780329397","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/outdoor-school-contemporary-environmental-art-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}