The Artist's Book-- Ninety-Degree Draft: Art Amidst Science in Antarctica

Today is the day I am launching my new project to raise funds for an edition of the artist's book Ninety-Degree Draft: Art Amidst Science in Antarctica. I am doing it through USA Projects. You can see a video  and find out the benefits of contributing at this site.

I am working with Dutch photographer Reinier Gerritsen to produce editions of this book of drawings and text--the entire drawing Ninety-Degree Draft will be included as well as images of drawings/paintings done on-site and upon return from Antarctica as well as additional text.

Here is the site........

http://www.usaprojects.org/user/eliseengler7692

a detail from Ninety-Degree Draft# 7 showing scientists and assistants tagging Adelie Penguins Cape Crozier, Antarctica

I will keep you posted on the progress!

Mt Etna....

Mt Etna from the bus window going from Catania to Palermo. Etna had a fiery eruption later that day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17577784

Selinunte

The pictures here are all from Selinunte and Cave di Cusa--on the southwest coast of Sicily. I took a day trip there. Cave di Cusa was the stone quarry and source of columns for some of the temples at Selinunte.

Cave di Cusa

Cave di Cusa

Cave di Cusa

Selinunte

Selinunte

Selinunte

Selinunte

Selinunte

Selinunte

Selinunte

Selinunte

Selinunte

My days at Bosco Faconeria are coming to an end. I have finished the job of cataloging my host's culinary and medieval history library....This is what brought me here in the first place and at the same time has allowed me to experience Sicilian farm life as well as explore a bit of the island. I have also made new work here---such an entirely different landscape. I finished another accordion book of windows.

Erice/ Trapani-Good Friday

Cable car  (Funavia) to Erice from Trapani

Approaching Trapani

Good Friday procession-Erice

Procession...

continues

Erice

Erice

small streets

strangest landscape I have ever seen-mountain emerges from the sky

castle

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one understanding the landscape in early Italian paintings

returning to Trapani

Good Friday procession Trapani

The Cloister at the Cathedral at Monreale and Palermo

The Cloister at Monreale

Capitals/Columns--Cloister at Monreale--all different

Amazing carvings

More carving --Montreale capitals

and more

Cloister

Puppet Museum--Palermo

Puppet Museum--Palermo--Sicilian puppets

The Collection

Santa Maria della Catena-Palermo

Chiesa di San Cataldo 

Palermo fountain by moonlight

Went back to Monreale--having missed the magnificent cloister....perfect square--228 columns, biblical, mythological, flora and fauna capital carvings.
From here--back to Palermo, exploring the Palazzo CArbitelles ( 4 beautiful Antonio DaMessina paintings among other mainly Sicilian art/ artifacts. Also the puppet museum- a private museum gone public.