Weather and the whale / [edited by Rachel Nelson, Alexandra Moore, and Ari Friedlaender ; associate edited by LuLing Osofsky ; illustrations by Stephen Alford].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedlaender, Ari Seth, 1974- editor.

Moore, Alexandra, editor.

Nelson, Rachel (Curator), editor.

Osofsky, LuLing, editor.

Alford, Stephen (Illustrator), illustrator.

University of California, Santa Cruz. Institute of the Arts and Science, publisher, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Installations (Art).

Global environmental change.

Whales.

Whaling--History.

Whaling.

installations (visual works).

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs

History

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

polychrome

illustration

map

Distribution:

Minneapolis, MN : Distributed by the University of Minnesota Press

Place of Publication:

Santa Cruz, CA : Institute of the Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, [2026]

Summary:

"Weather and the Whale is a unique exhibition catalog, combining artworks, critical and creative texts, and new scientific research about whales and other marine mammals to both sound a warning of the irreversible consequences of the collapsing climate and offer alternative possibilities for living during these challenging times. Collaboratively organized by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences and the Friedlaender Bio-Telemetry and Behavioral Ecology Lab at UC Santa Cruz, this catalog is the result of a two-year working group of artists, scientists, and other scholars investigating the histories and structures that render some lives, both human and nonhuman, more vulnerable to ecological crisis. Including artistic projects and scientific data, Weather and the Whale raises fundamental questions about knowledge, power, multispecies relationships, and the responsibilities--and limits--of science in addressing the complexities of the climate crisis. This catalog also highlights the collective practices and alternative epistemes necessary to create a more healthy, and just, world."--Inside back cover

Contents:

Foreword

Essays

Artist plates

Historical materials

Satellite exhibitions

Conversations

Scientific research.

Notes:

"This book accompanies the exhibition: Weather and the Whale, Institute of the Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, May 29-2025-March 8, 2026"

"A collaborative exploration of vulnerabilities across land and sea in the age of climate change"--Back cover

Artists: Imani Jacqueline Brown, Carolina Caycedo, Sharon Daniel, Yolande Harris, Christine Howard Sandoval, Ashley Hunt, Courtney Leonard, John Jota Leaños, Libia Posada, Mia Eve Rollow, Whale Liberation Front, Sam Williams, Suné Woods. Scientists: Natalia Botero-Acosta, Chloe Lew, Logan Pallin. Other contributors: Guillermo Delgado-P., Cory Diane, Mirra-Margarita Ianeva, LuLing Osofsky, Kailani Polzak, Şebnem Susam-Saraeva, Zac Zimmer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308).

ISBN:

1517921716

9781517921712

OCLC:

1564003017