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"The piece that provides the strongest connection between us and nature is Nate Pagel’s enveloping audiovisual installation, "Rainforest." Viewers are invited to relax under the large dome that functions like a curved movie screen which projects a video from the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. With rainforest plants hissing in the wind, exotic birds chirping unfamiliar melodies, and monkeys erratically jumping from one tree to another, the viewers are transported into another world. Completely under the spell of nature, everyone is silenced as vague memories of prehistoric times transform into dreams of uncontaminated future in which humankind lives hand in hand with its main muse—nature." Artists
Get Outfitted for The ‘Urban Jungle’ "SAN
FRANCISCO–Nate Pagel, whose Metropolitáin appears
on the second Lightrhythm DVD, created a breathtaking dome environment
for the United Nations World Environment Day. This massive event included
a conference of Mayors from around the world and an art expo, which
featured Pagel’s 'Rainforest Dome' at its center. Nate brought the immersive projections of Costa Rican rainforest to life with the help of partners Obscura Digital and world renowned natural sound archivist Bernie Krause." Pagel’s
“Rainforest Dome” Lights Up UN Conference "The NWM is one of the newest environmental nonprofits in The City, and their cause is promoting environmental awareness through art. And boy, did they find the art. The back third of the exposition hall was filled with every genre you could imagine. Towering sculptures. Intricate mixed media. Devastating photographs. It was so overwhelming you almost didn't know were to begin. And although it all gets filed under the heading of "environmental art," there were many pieces that would be equally at home in our Museum of Modern Art. In the
middle of the floor was a giant dome. Our group was ushered inside by
the two artists, and we stared slack-jawed at the ceiling. Above us
was the Costa Rican rain forest, with full 3-D sound and images. We
collapsed into the bean bags that were arrayed inside and stared up
as monkeys jumped between trees and the artists explained how they had
pulled off the installation. The shocker was delivered towards the end.
The sound was courtesy of bioacoustics engineer Bernie Krause, who has
spent the better part of his life collecting a sound library of habitats
from around the world. The sad part was that 35 percent of the habitats
in his collection are now extinct. Only their sounds remain now." Environmental
art that speaks 1,000 words "The Natural World Museum's program, Art Into Action is launching its "Urban Jungle Environmental Art Expo" in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), for World Environment Day. An exhibition including rare works of art from the private family collections of Ansel Adams and Robert Bateman; models of conservation ranging from National Geographic's Central African Megatransect to Conservation International's Biodiversity Hotspots; in addition to showcasing works of art from artists such as Frans Lanting, Andreas Lang, Antonio Vizcaino, and Hirokazun Kosaka, and installations from talented local emerging environmental artists including Justin Young, JC Didier, Jasko Begovic, Nate Pagel, and Francis Baker."
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