PHOTO+SPHERE

photo+sphere 

Saturday, November 10 at 1PM, 2:15PM + 6:30PM {120 College Street}

photo+sphere is an innovative art/science event exploring how we see the environment and our role in determining the future. November 7–11, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina, photo+sphere will offer an extraordinary opportunity for artists and scientists to work together creatively on one of the world’s most important topics.

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Eric Baden – Curator’s Talk: The Cloud Library, Volume 1
Saturday, November 10, 1pm (120 College Street)

Curator Eric Baden discusses The Cloud Library, a consideration of photographic engagement with the sky and one of its more visually transformative elements, clouds. The Cloud Library, Volume I, part of photo+sphere, exhibits the of work 10 contemporary photographers and is on display October 23-November 20, 2018 at the Elizabeth Holden Gallery at Warren Wilson College where Baden is professor of art. FREE

David McConville: Buckminster Fuller Institute
Saturday, November 10, 2:15pm (120 College Street)

Co-chair of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, David McConville will be giving a talk, Beyond the “Whole Earth,” honoring the 50th anniversary of the publication of Buckminster Fuller’s Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. McConville is a media artist and researcher who develops tools and techniques for exploring the big picture context of the complex challenges facing humanity. FREE

Justin Guariglia: photo+sphere Keynote 
Saturday, November 10, 6:30pm (120 College Street)

Justin Guariglia speaks about art and our current ecological crisis. Guariglia is a transdisciplinary artist whose photographs have appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic and Time Magazine, as well as in monographic publications by Chronicle Books and the Aperture Foundation. In 2016 he became the first artist to fly on earth science missions with NASA. That experience influenced his transition from photojournalist to creating artistic statements on a deeper level. TICKETS $10 at www.photoplusavl.com (students w/ID FREE).