NATURE VS. CULTURE

"A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it moves always forward, eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not leaves nothing in its path but the signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity." - Manny Farber, 1962
This fluid amalgam of shorts questions the tension between the natural, non-human world and our innate drive to manipulate, codify, create and control the environment.

Segment Video Artist Collaborator Role
Peculiar Fact about Termite Work Michael Kuetemeyer
TV Smash
Nature Culture Michael Kuetemeyer
Humans and Baboons Erik Gunneson and Michael Kuetemeyer
Gone Swimming Connie Coleman & Alan Powell
Museum Culture Jim Ospenson
Graffiti Washing Meryl Perlson
Resurf Michael Kuetemeyer
Aim and Control Meryl Perlson
Lava Play Michael Kuetemeyer
Gone Swimming 2 Connie Coleman & Alan Powell
Analog Nature Culture Michael Kuetemeyer
Philipa Counting Meryl Perlson Philipa Hernandez Interview
Tree and Fence Michael Kuetemeyer
Jesse and Bees Jim Ospenson Jesse Jane Lewis + David Frankel Performer
The Bee is Angrily Buzzing in My Ear Michael Kuetemeyer Ben Johnson poet
Digital Nature Culture Michael Kuetemeyer
Credits with El Time Lapse Jim Ospenson

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