Our Changing Climate
Located in and around the current national boundaries of Iraq, was home to several of the most influential empires in Eurasian history.
What is Mesopotamia?
The name that Angel gives her newly found sister
What is Aurora?
When two or more meters are operating simultaneously.
What is a polymeter?
This 1990 orchestral piece by Michael Abels reflects the newfound optimism following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
What is "Global Warming"?
Completed between 1973 and 1976 by Nancy Holt, this monumental outdoor installation in the Great Basin Desert of Utah consists of four large concrete cylinders aligned in the shape of an “X."
What is "Sun Tunnels"?
An umbrella term for a relatively new scientific approach to studying the natural world. Its distinctive approach views the Earth’s land, oceans, and atmosphere as a single system.
What is Earth System Science?
The place where Angel first meets Dora-Rouge and Agnes
What is Adam's Rib?
An interval containing 7 half steps.
What is a Perfect fifth?
In Tōru Takemitsu's "Ame no ki (Rain Tree)", this metal-keyed instrument with a motor that allows its pitches to pulsate in a technique called vibrato, is played by one of the three percussionists, adding a unique timbre to the overall sound.
What is a vibraphone?
This significant 1965 event in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Watts led to widespread protests and unrest, influencing Noah Purifoy’s work on his exhibition "66 Signs of Neon" as a response to issues of racial discrimination and police violence in communities of color.
What is the Watts Rebellion?
It was adopted by 196 parties following scientific guidelines from the IPCC with the goal of limiting the increase in global average temperatures to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
What is The Paris Agreement?
Hydro-Quebec’s 1971 controversial hydrodam construction on the La Grande River on the U.S.-Canada border that inspired Linda Hogan's Solar Storms.
What is the James Bay Project
A subdivision where the beat is subdivided into three equal.
What is a compound?
This process, also known as multi-tracking, was used by Joni Mitchell to create the illusion of a backing vocal group, "The Saskatunes", on the song "Big Yellow Taxi".
What is Over-dubbing?
Known for her intricate installations that blend Indigenous cultural practices with contemporary art, this artist's work, such as 'Canoe' and 'Battle for the Woodlands,' explores themes of colonialism, environmental degradation, and the spiritual significance of land, drawing from her Anishinaabe/Ojibwa heritage.
Who is Bonnie Devine?
A graph showing the ever-increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.
What is a Kneeling Curve?
A deal Dora-Rouge makes that allows for safe passage, but not with the survival of Agnes.
What is a Pact with the Water?
A set of phrases that make a complete melody, which plays a prominent role in a longer piece of music.
What is a theme?
This American composer's 1972-3 computer piece, "mild und leise", was sampled by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and used in the song "Idioteque", with the composer's permission, and is listed as a co-author of the song.
Who is Paul Lansky?
Inspired by her earlier work 'Rice/Tree/Burial', this ambitious ecological project by Agnes Denes involved planting 10,000 trees in a geometrical pattern, with each participant holding ownership of their tree for 400 years.
What is Tree Mountain?
Greta Thunberg of Sweden, then just fifteen years old, sat for weeks in front of the Swedish Parliament to protest her government’s inaction on climate instead of attending school was the origin story for this movement.
What is the Fridays for Future moment?
The woman in which Angel inherits her plant finding gift.
A melodic or rhythmic motive that is repeated many, many times in immediate succession.
What is an ostinato?
In his 2016 composition "Elegy for the Arctic," which mode does Ludovico Einaudi predominantly employ to convey his sorrow over ecological damage, starting with a sustained low pedal F in the left hand, while integrating elements of rubato and harmonic minor throughout the piece?
What is F minor?
As a Diné artist, Will Wilson uses photography to address environmental injustices faced by his community, notably highlighting the consequences of uranium mining on Navajo lands, including the site of a catastrophic spill in 1979, which resulted in over 93 million gallons of radioactive waste contaminating local waters.
Who is Will Wilson and what does his project "Survey" focus on?