To Extremes

EXHIBITION: April 20-29

8am-7pm at Maseeh Hall, MIT
A juried exhibition of imaginative and striking proposals for public art works that explore climate change and extreme events.

4/23 7pm RECEPTION FULL, SORRY

Featuring exhibition winner Sam Jury

April 2: Announcing exhibition winner Sam Jury

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Congratulations to Sam Jury for winning the To Extremes juried exhibition.

The London-based artist has proposed a site-specific video exhibit that features commissioned films that explore what she calls "the philosophical and psychological effect of climate extremes." Through an algorithm that will respond in real-time to extreme weather data, the installation would humanize and respond to climatic events as they occur.

The accomplishment is the latest recognition for Jury, whose otherworldly, evocative style was celebrated when she won last year's coveted Perlmutter award.

As the winner, Jury will receive $2500 and a travel stipend to attend the exhibition reception. The funding supports further development of her proposal, including exploring its technical feasibility and a future specific public site. Efforts are now underway to execute her work in a public site next year.

Artist Dan Borelli of the Harvard Graduate School of Design will receive $500 as honorable mention.

Other works in the exhibition include proposals by:
Andrea Frank -- Kalman Gacs -- Sam Jacobson, Irina Chernyakova, Nicole Goehring -- Bradford Johnson --Marcus Owens and Jack Becker -- Evelyn Rydz -- Gina Siepel

More on the To Extremes exhibition
An exhibition of proposed artworks, To Extremes sought proposals for public art projects from 50 invited artists and designers. To inform their work, artists and designers referred to nine dossiers on various themes covered in a major science report on climate and extreme events released in November 2011. In February a jury of experts in the visual arts and climate sciences selected the winners and proposals that would make up the exhibition, which is part of the Cambridge Science Festival.

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