A river’s flood plain is littoral; so is the earth’s atmosphere. Littoral territories lie between ocean forces and the almost equally strong inertia of the land—terra firma. In the midst of violent fluctuation, where planet-scaled quantities of energy are spent, we squat—three billion people and counting, in increasingly vulnerable coastal locations. Climate change and population increase are combining to produce rapidly growing levels of distress and destruction within coastal regions, the planet’s littoral zones. The intensity, frequency, complexity, and monumental tragedy of flooding disasters will not decrease. In fact, predictions are for the opposite. These projects address sea-level rise in a variety of ways; some are dystopic and biblical, others take cynical aim at the crisis of realpolitik. Each of them addresses the broad zone “in between.”
May 7, 9:00 AM
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Additional Reviewers:
- Matthew Celmer
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- Jessica Libby
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Euthanized City: The Death and Rebirth of Artifacts
Additional Reviewers:
- Julia Czerniak
- David Shanks
