12/17/2023 0 Comments Minute of islands artistShe holds bachelor's degrees in geology and theatre design from the University of Washington and is now pursuing her passion for paleontology at East Tennessee State University. Ziqi Xu is a paleontologist and theatre designer from Shenzhen, China, currently based in Johnson City, Tennessee. Currently, they are an artist-in-residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York. Their artist research was presented at the IRCAM forum at New York University. Alchemyverse has exhibited at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art (NY), School of Visual Arts (NY), Wallach Art Gallery (NY), Catherine Fosnot Art Gallery and Center (CT), LeRoy Neiman Gallery (NY), and the Bishop Museum (HI). Combining craft and research through their respective backgrounds in visual arts and sound studies, the duo’s field-based practice has taken them to places such as Oahu and Moa Kea, Hawaii, the American Southwest, the Hudson Highlands, and the Atacama desert. Rabbit Island 2023 Residency Selection Committeeīased in New York, Bicheng Liang and Yixuan Shao have been collaborating as a transdisciplinary duo, Alchemyverse, since 2020. While we regret not being able to offer more residency positions, it is an honor to be working with the following artists. The committee extends a sincere thank you to all who applied to the Rabbit Island 2023 Residency program. As society continues to face these contemporary challenges we are excited to have Rabbit Island’s residents contribute to this ongoing dialogue. The experiences have resulted in artwork, writing, compositions, performances, and more that critically engage issues of conservation, culture, and how we interact with-and advocate for-natural spaces. Since 2011 the program has supported 39 awarded residents and hosted over 80 collaborators. We look forward to sharing the residents' research and work as we move forward through this program season, and beyond. While we acknowledge that each resident's ideas may evolve while living and working on the island, we share these in the spirit of curiosity, transparency, and to provide insight into the quality, critical nature, and ambition of the proposals we receive. The awarded residents are:Īlchemyverse (Yixuan Shao, Bicheng Liang, and Ziqi Xu)ĭistant Realities (Marine Lemarié and Nicolas Stephan)īelow are short biographies and artist statements of each awarded resident, in addition to their proposals. Each residency is supported by an unrestricted honoraria of $3,000 USD made possible by grant support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Three residencies have been awarded featuring a total of six artists. Noah Snyder-Mackler: It's six to eight human years.We are excited to announce awarded residencies for the Rabbit Island 2023 Residency program. Lesley Stahl: What is that in human years? Noah Snyder-Mackler: So what we found is that individuals who had lived through the hurricane had immune systems that looked like they had aged an extra two years. Noah Snyder-Mackler: And I think anyone you talk to here in Puerto Rico would- would bring up the fact that they, you know, the people of Puerto Rico sort of gelled and increased their support of one another in the face of this event.īeyond observing their social interactions, they were also able to track biological changes since they had access to blood tests done on the monkeys for 13 years. And- that kind of duality exists in rhesus macaque societies too. But humans are also capable of great kindness and compassion and friendship and generosity. So, I think it can go both ways, we're capable of great greed and competition and- and cruelty. But there's also famous examples of people pulling together. But you're saying that it was the opposite here. I see them saying get off my property or whatever. Lesley Stahl: I'm thinking of humans in a situation where there's fewer resources, and I see in my mind's eye competition. There are roughly 1,800 monkeys on Cayo… they live in isolation in what is a natural laboratory – halfway between captivity and the way they would live in the wild. After taking tests for tuberculosis, measles and COVID, we were allowed to visit Cayo Santiago – or monkey island- off the coast of Puerto Rico. They survived with relative environmental stability until six years ago, when the island was hit with a devastating storm. The subjects are monkeys – rhesus macaque monkeys, whose behavior has been studied there for over 80 years because 94% of their dna, is the same as humans. With extreme weather events on the rise across the globe, like the rare Category 5 hurricane that hit Mexico 11 days ago, we were interested in a study on a remote island very few people are allowed to visit, where scientists are studying how the stress of these environmental crises affects longevity, and overall health. Devastation of Hurricane Maria impacting behavior, health on Monkey Island | 60 Minutes 13:22
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