At today's @PrincetonPEI #PEI_Faculty_Seminar, @princetonarts prof. Jeff Whetstone is presenting "The New Wilderness," including some of his works from his documentary of life along the Mississippi.pic.twitter.com/fyUeIdvsSn
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"What is wild now, and what is wild in the future?"
These are the questions Whetstone set out to answer in his works. #PEI_Faculty_Seminar
On areas like Kentucky, where Whetstone once lived, "The landscape forms the people ... The land is instrumental in our perceptions."
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When Whetstone looks to shoot, he looks for "land that is interstitial, unowned, and a byproduct of a commodity," which led him to his work along the Mississippi. #PEI_Faculty_Seminar
Faced with the challenges of capturing the visuals of #climatechange as they're happening in real-time, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, "I tried to tell the story of how people are adapting to this." #PEI_Faculty_Seminar
"I feel like I was witnessing something that was very, very ancient while also very, very contemporary." - Whetstone, on his film "The Batture Ritual," which highlights the goings-on of the economy around a particular tree in New Orleans. #PEI_Faculty_Seminar
Whetstone considers himself a "concerned artist not looking for solutions, but metaphors" that can help people improve our land. #PEI_Faculty_Seminar
Be sure to mark your calendar for the next #PEI_Faculty_Seminar on 11/6: "Modeling Energy and Environmental Behavior," with #PrinctonU's Elke Weber. http://ow.ly/Ps3r30m4keG
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