tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19095374791277432492024-03-18T19:56:11.494-07:00Chris Jordan's NewsNews and Announcements from Chris JordanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-20006785716022991792014-03-19T13:27:00.000-07:002014-03-19T13:28:42.086-07:00World Water Week at Chief Sealth International High SchoolChris Jordan will be giving the keynote address at Chief Sealth International High School's World Water Week event on March 25, 2014, at 7pm at the school's auditorium. He'll be speaking about his journey to Midway Island. Doors open at 6pm for a community resource fair, with live music and refreshments.
This event is free and open to the public. More info is at the Town Hall website.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1499tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-60217410892943968232013-04-29T14:41:00.000-07:002013-04-29T14:41:58.972-07:00Sightline@20 Series: Journey to Midway Island with Chris JordanChris Jordan will be sharing his Midway photos and film project, recounting his harrowing and redemptive journey into horror, beauty, grief, love and ultimately healing, as part of Sightline Institute's three speaker anniversary series.
Wednesday, June 197:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm)Town Hall - Great Hall1119 Eighth AveSeattle, WA 98101Tickets are $5. Order tickets via Brown Paper Tickets.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com687tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-82913782614879825632013-03-19T10:09:00.001-07:002013-10-23T16:37:53.219-07:00Interview at EcoLiteracy
Chris was recently interviewed about his work and the Midway project. Read the full interview at EcoLiteracy.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com539tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-67384245529559688922012-11-09T16:36:00.000-08:002013-10-23T17:37:59.268-07:00American Manifest DestinyGblog discovers an older project of Chris Jordan'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.com487tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-79760942291911978702012-09-06T16:33:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:36:56.736-07:00Filming the triumphs and tragedies of Midway Island's albatrossesFrom the Washington Post.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com448tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-53916919579856343002012-08-29T16:32:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:36:09.286-07:00Plastic-Filled Albatrosses Are Pollution Canaries in New DocFrom Wired.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com456tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-17551342833079937192012-08-23T15:20:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:35:10.164-07:00The Fatal Shore, Awash in PlasticFrom the International Herald TribuneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com559tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-50476199895673490352012-08-05T16:29:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:34:03.057-07:00Stats into ArtChris Jordan's TED Talk is on the Best TED Talk List.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com264tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-15742882492405531382012-06-28T16:27:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:33:15.215-07:00Fly or dieAn interview at Surfrider.orgUnknownnoreply@blogger.com370tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-17976055637593786962012-06-14T11:53:00.000-07:002012-06-14T11:53:09.002-07:00Interview in Outside OnlineChris Jordan was recently interviewed by Outside Online about the Midway Journey, the upcoming film Midway, and the current Kickstarter project.
The birds on Midway are like messengers, the canary in the coal mine. When the canary dies, the miners don’t run over and try to save the canary— they receive the message that bird just gave its life delivering, and then act quickly to save themselves.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com194tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-87207712221265721522012-03-01T15:55:00.000-08:002013-10-23T17:43:15.166-07:00Still Running the Numbers: Chris Jordan’s Continuing Effort to Illustrate the Sustainability Crisis Chris Jordan continues to make bold art with deep sustainability themes, including a new look at plastic pollution of the oceans with Gyre II.
Read the full article at Transforming Cultures.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com214tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-8695209984592253732012-02-15T15:53:00.000-08:002013-10-23T17:42:53.350-07:00At Midway Atoll, the Laysan albatross soars into spotlightHaving been fortunate enough to have visited to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, I can attest that there are few avian critters as goofy-looking (on land), graceful (in flight) and lovable as the Laysan albatross. The accompanying video clip, posted Monday by Midway Journey, reveals a glimpse of what's to come in a high-definition film titled "Midway," directed by Chris Jordan. It shows Unknownnoreply@blogger.com193tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-178531300213181602012-02-02T15:49:00.000-08:002013-10-23T17:30:36.824-07:00LifeLaughLoveAn exhibition review at LiveLaughLove.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com221tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-21602104733946215782012-01-28T15:47:00.000-08:002013-10-23T17:42:33.522-07:00Journey to MidwayMidway Atoll, one of the most remote islands on earth, is a kaleidoscope of geography, culture, human history, and natural wonder. It also serves as a lens into one of the most profound and symbolic environmental tragedies of our time: the deaths by starvation of thousands of albatrosses who mistake floating plastic trash for food.
The images are iconic. The horror, absolute. Our goal, however, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com179tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-73222534249530875092011-05-27T13:34:00.001-07:002011-05-27T13:34:08.125-07:00Going Forth to Build a FutureFor the Grandchildren presents a very special evening with Joanna Macy and Chris Jordan on June 21, 2011, at 7:15pm at Seattle University's Pigott Auditorium.Joanna Macy, Gaian teacher and eco-philosopher, will begin the evening with a reflection on the times we are living in. Chris Jordan will present his compelling photo-art which displays what over-consumption is doing to our planet and all Unknownnoreply@blogger.com207tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-83341665536176751462010-11-22T14:27:00.000-08:002010-11-22T14:28:44.118-08:00Dear friends,My team and I are heading back to Midway Atoll in December, to witness and film the adult albatrosses doing their mating rituals. We will turn toward the beauty and primacy of this collective call to life as another facet of the rich metaphor that Midway offers. We are privileged on this leg of the journey to have a real live national treasure joining us: the writer Terry Tempest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com253tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-22805394605346835312010-06-29T19:09:00.000-07:002010-06-29T19:11:37.622-07:00Dear friends and followers of the Midway project,As my team and I prepare to travel back to Midway Atoll, I cannot help but note the macabre juxtaposition of the environmental disaster that is happening in the Pacific Ocean, with the one that is happening in the Gulf of Mexico. The two phenomena are oddly parallel, involving (among other grotesque features) the deaths of untold numbers of sea Unknownnoreply@blogger.com361tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-11442149035890784812010-06-20T21:40:00.000-07:002010-06-21T21:46:06.510-07:00Greetings and happy almost-summer-solstice. Here’s a cute 4-minute video piece on a project I was involved with at a local elementary school. These kids rocked my world:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com637tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-73798407823699742402010-06-09T14:11:00.000-07:002010-06-08T22:48:34.094-07:00Hello friends, greetings and welcome to my new website. You can sign up to follow my blog here. I don't plan on writing very often, just the occasional update on new projects, news, etc. And be sure to check the cool SeaDragon zooming feature on the Running the Numbers series, courtesy of my friends at Microsoft’s Live Labs.Several new projects are in the pipeline, so stay tuned.Cheers from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com139tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-19897103377262774932009-03-10T15:41:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:42:09.205-07:00Pulse New York/ Chris Jordan press mentionsChris Jordan's new photographs from 'Running The Numbers' received several 'shout-outs' from art bloggers who saw them at the Pulse Art Fair 2009 in New York.
Horses Think: Don't Think
A Sky Filled With Shooting StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com505tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-85648240064753382562009-01-09T15:40:00.000-08:002013-10-23T17:41:48.171-07:00Minds of MountainfilmPhotographer Chris Jordan sits down with Aaron Huey to discuss his latest work, Running the Numbers, which was exhibited at Mountainfilm 2008. Running the Numbers forces viewers to examine issues of American consumption and mass culture through extremely large digital photo constructions depicting the number of Americans in the penal system and the number of cell phones discarded everyday among Unknownnoreply@blogger.com621tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-78819236143751366382008-01-22T15:38:00.000-08:002013-10-23T15:39:11.171-07:00Chris Jordan interviewed on Rachael RayView a video of Chris Jordan interviewed on Rachael Ray.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com238tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-53830596271919312962007-10-31T15:37:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:41:19.662-07:00InterviewsThe Colbert Report
Watch Interview
Bill Moyer's Journal
Featured on PBS
"Running the Numbers"
Watch InterviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.com216tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-60865508459514502912007-05-15T15:35:00.000-07:002013-10-23T17:41:06.955-07:00Running The NumbersThere was a recent news story on Chris Jordan’s “Running The Numbers” series on ABC News on-line.
Watch another short video about Running the Numbers on Current TV.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com165tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1909537479127743249.post-52820942618971503802006-11-13T15:33:00.000-08:002013-10-23T17:40:47.426-07:00In Katrina's WakePhotographs from Chris Jordan's series In Katrina's Wake are on view at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The exhibition is open every Saturday and Sunday in November.
Please visit the Lannan Foundation website for details.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com318