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18th-century concept of of of of humans existing outside outside of of of of Nature [13] Unlike scientific disci- plines which often centralize knowledge and rationality outside outside of of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a cultural context Doherty’s artworks present an an an an an expansive framework for the the seed vaults connecting the the the humanities and sciences The photographs offer contemplative introspection to to to viewers into fields that may not be a a a a a a a a a a a a a a part o of of their everyday consciousness Within each suspended animated seed lies the the the possibility of of of metamorphosis and and Archiving Eden Eden reveals how something as as small as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a grain of of of sand can spark the the the imagination The display of of of Archiving Eden at at at the the the Dayton Art Institute in in in in in in in 2020 demonstrates the the the the the continued relevancy of of this project Like many cultural institutions the the the the the DAI shut down in in in in in in March to to assist in in in in in in global efforts to to stem the the the the the coronavirus pandemic (the mu- seum reopened in in in in July) At the the the the the the time of of this writing over one million million people have died from the the the the virus and and and millions more are affected affected by the the the the variety of of ways the the the the pandemic has affected affected global trade and and and infrastructure Supply-chains were disrupted causing scarcity of of products products This includes food food supplies creating scenarios of of unimaginable food food food waste as as producers could not get their products products to to consumers [14] The ques- tions tions of of where our our food food comes from and what actions are being taken to to to safeguard our our future have been brought to to to the the the forefront confirming the the the integral role of of seed banks and the the the the need for for innovative projects such as Archiving Eden to to shed light on on on on these concerns Endnotes
[1] Dornith Doherty Archiving Eden (Stuttgart: Schilt Publishing 2017) 9 [2] John Seabrook “Sowing for for Apocalypse ” The New Yorker August 20 20 20 2007 2007 https://www newyorker com/magazine/2007/08/27/sowing-for-apocalypse
[3] Michael Zimmerman “High North and High High Stakes: The Svalbard Archipelago Could be the the Epicenter of of Rising Tension in in the the the Artic ” ” PRISM 7 7 no no 4 4 4 4 (2018): 106–123 Cary Cary Fowler Fowler “A ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault to Protect the the World’s Diversity ” ” ” Journal of of International Affairs 67 no no no 2 2 2 2 2 (2014): 141–146 Cary Cary Fowler Fowler “The Svalbard Svalbard Seed Seed Seed Vault Vault and Crop Security ” ” ” BioScience 58 no no no 3
(2008): 190–191 Marte Qvenild “Svalbard Global Seed Seed Seed Vault: A A ‘Noah’s Ark’ for the World Seeds ” ” Development in Practice 18 18 no no 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2018): 110–116 [4] Laura Wagner “Syrian Civil War Prompts First Withdrawal From Doomsday Seed Vault In The Artic ” Nation- al al al Public Radio September 23
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[5] Elizabeth Avedon “Trusted Witness ” In Archiving Eden (Stuttgart: Schilt Publishing 2017) 81 [6] The Americas were not of of of course pristine untouched lands at at at the the the time of of of these survey a a a a a a a a a a a a concept that omits acknowledgment of of of of Native Americans’ presence and and and their land land management techniques See Charles C C C Mann 1491: New New Revelations of of the the Americas before Columbus (New York: Knopf 2005) [7] Dornith Doherty email message to author August 10 2020 [8] Hope Saska “Anna Atkins: Photographs of of of British Algae ” Bulletin of of of the Detroit Institute of of of Arts 84 no 1 1 1 1 (2010): 11 [9] The The term “Columbian Exchange” was was first coined by by Alfred W W Crosby whose 1972 1972 book The The Colum- bian bian Exchange: Biological and and Cultural Consequences of of 1493 (Westport: Greenwood Pub Co Co Co Co 1972) was was a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a novel approach and and turning point in in in in in the the field of of geologic history Doherty notes
that Charles C C C C C C C Mann’s 1493: Uncovering the the the New New World Columbus Created (New York: Knopf 2011) was influential to to her her project For comparison comparison of trans-Eurasia trade and and and and the the the the Columbian Columbian Exchange see Nicole Boivin Dorian Q Fuller and and and and Alison Crowther “Old World World globalization and and and and the the the Columbian Columbian exchange: comparison comparison and and and and contrast ” World World Archeology 44 no 3
(2012): 452–469 [10] Lenticular panels are multi-angled surfaces that allow the the eye to register different portions of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a collaged image from various vantage points Therefore as as you you move and and engage with the the the the the artwork the the the the the the angle of of of of perception changes and and allows you you to see other aspects of of of of the the the the the the composi- tion tion creating the the the effect of of movement within the the the image [11] Paul Slovic Daniel Västfjäll Arvid Erlandsson and and and and Robin Gregory “Iconic photographs and and and and the the ebb and and and and flow of of of of of empathic response to to humanitarian disasters ” Proceedings of of of of of the the the National Academy of of of of of Sciences of of of the United States of of of America 114 no 4 4 4 4 4 (2017): 640–644