Beatriz De Costa
science, nature, and sustainability
“Beatriz da Costa is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. She works at the intersection of art, politics, engineering and the life sciences.”
Links and sources:
http://artpulsemagazine.com/sustainable-art-practices-producing-art-in-the-21st-century/
http://www.beatrizdacosta.net/index.php
Her book:
Da Costa, Beatriz, and Kavita Philip. 2008. Tactical biopolitics art, activism, and technoscience. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=232779.
Phoebe Washburn
use of recycling to question sustainability and economy through installations
recycling materials is not the purpose but process
Links and sources
http://whitney.org/www/2008biennial/www/?section=artists&page=artist_washburn
http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/washburn.php/
http://www.rebeccapotts.com/writing/mfa-thesis-potts.pdf
Friedling, M. P. Phoebe Washburn [Exhibit]. Flash Art (International Edition) v. 37 (November/December 2004) p. 68
