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Optical Red
Jonathan Beaver
Lecture: March 16, 2008
Our perception and experience of the natural world is bound by the nature and physicality of our own bodies. The natural world is not an entity that exists outside of us – a thing only to be visited, harvested or protected – but a thing that is a part of us. This temporary installation attempts to illustrate that our experience of the surrounding ‘natural’ world is in fact mediated by the bodies that are intimately bound to it. The light that surrounds us, that bounces off the leaves and particles of the atmosphere is the same light that stimulates the rods and cones of our eyes. We are tied to nature by being a small part of it.
Jonathan Beaver is the co-founder of 2.ink Studio, a design firm specializing in art, design and landscape architecture. He has worked on a broad range of project types including the design of large urban spaces, temporary installations and outdoor furniture design.
In 1995, he received both a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the University of Idaho.
Map of the art along the Trillium Trail (pdf)
Natural Cycles is a collaborative project between Friends of Tryon Creek State Park, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), and the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) that aims to generate a new awareness of the park as a natural masterpiece.
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Gloria Lamson
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Jonathan Beaver
Optical Red |
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Matthew Tucker Cartwright
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Anne Thompson and J.D. Perkin
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| The Natural Cycles Lectures Series was made possible in part by a grant from the Oregon Council for the Humanities, a statewide nonprofit organization and an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds OCH’s grant program. |
