Judy Natal: Future Perfect Collection CAE1214

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1 Judy Natal: Future Perfect Collection CAE1214 Introduction/Abstract Judy Natal Future Perfect Future Perfect consists of three photographic suites made in contested sites where human intervention has decidedly affected land use. Materials include journals, contact prints, Polaroid prints, research materials, correspondence, objects, maps, brochures, postcards, stamps, newspaper articles, and exhibition ephemera. Biographical Note: Judy Natal Judy Natal is an Associate Professor of Photography at Columbia College Chicago, and is the author of EarthWords, published in 2004, and Neon Boneyard Las Vegas A-Z, published in 2006.Her photographs are in the permanent public collections of the California Museum of Photography, Center for Creative Photography, the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, among others. Her work has been exhibited at Projects International and Photograph Gallery in New York City, the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, D.C., and the Sao Paulo Biennial. Natal has received numerous grants and fellowships including a Fulbright Travel Grant, Illinois Arts Council Photography Fellowships and Polaroid Grants and New York Foundation for the Arts Photography Fellowships. She has also been awarded numerous artist residencies nationally and internationally, that have taken her to Iceland and Biosphere 2 for her work Future Perfect. Most recently, she has been in residence at the Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh working on Uncanny Valley, her current project where she contemplates Utopic, Dystopic and Ecotopic environments. Scope and Content Future Perfect consists of three photographic suites made in contested sites where human intervention has decidedly affected land use: Las Vegas Desert Springs Preserve, where convincingly real nature was built to teach sustainable living in the desert; Biosphere 2 s experimental tracts, designed as a mini earth with five manufactured and manually controlled ecosystems in Oracle, Arizona; and, Iceland s primordial geothermal landscape. The projects move backwards in fictional time from 2040 as they display our hopes, perceptions and misunderstandings of nature, and suggest both the potential and pitfalls of our future on earth. They also describe how central nature can be to our lives, and how hopeful and confused we may be in using, recreating, and changing nature. The photographs are a metaphorical presentation of our future, but also indicate our current intentions within and limitations toward our environment. Materials include journals, contact prints, Polaroid prints, research materials, correspondence, objects, maps, brochures, postcards, stamps, newspaper articles, and exhibition ephemera. Inclusive Dates Bulk Dates

2 Quantity / Extent 3.25 cubic feet Language English, Danish, French, German, Icelandic Arrangement Judy Natal: Future Perfect is organized into six series: Materials about the artist; a series for each of the preliminary research locations organized by date of first residency or activity; a series about the Future Perfect Project; and, a series devoted to related projects. The materials in series one and six are organized alphabetically, while series two through five are organized by material type. Series 1: Artist Information Series 2: Preliminary Research, Springs Preserve Series 3: Preliminary Research, Biosphere 2 Series 4: Preliminary Research, Iceland Series 5: Future Perfect Series 6: Related Projects Related Publications Alling, Abigail. Life under Glass: The Inside Story of Biosphere 2. Oracle, AZ: Biosphere Press, Friedman, George. The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21 st Century. New York, NY: Doubleday, McKibbon, Bill. Eaarth. New York, NY: Time Books, Morton, Timothy. Hyperobjects. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, Natal, Judy. Earthwords. Syracuse, NY: Light Work, Natal, Judy. Future Perfect: Self-Published: Blurb, Natal, Judy. Neon Boneyard: Las Vegas A-Z. Santa Fe, NM: Chicago, IL: Center for American Places in association with Columbia College, Container Listing by Series: CAE1214/1 Series I: Artist Information, Folders 1-8, Series 1 contains materials related to the general information about Judy Natal including résumés, correspondence, interviews, blog materials, grant materials, and exhibition ephemera. 2

3 1-1 Blog, Correspondence, Exhibitions, General Information, Grants/Residencies, Interviews, Presentations, Reproduction Requests, CAE1214/1 Series 1: Additional Materials CAE S-Box #1 Neon Boneyard Las Vegas A-Z Exhibition Announcement 1-7#1 Judy Natal at University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Art & Art History Department Visiting Artist Lecture Announcement CAE S-Box #1 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #1: Future Perfect: Buried Houses #2 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #2: Future Perfect: Saguaro Brace #3 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #3: Future Perfect: Ocean Viewing #4 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #4: Future Perfect: Dead Computer #5 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #5: Future Perfect: Formula for the Future #6 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #6: Future Perfect: Palm Oasis #7 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #7: Future Perfect: Tyvek Suits #8 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #8: Future Perfect: Rock Suitcase #9 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #9: Future Perfect: Fallen Palms #10 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #10: Future Perfect: Mars Mission #11 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #11: Future Perfect: Built Rock #12 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #12: Future Perfect: Nature Map #13 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #13: Future Perfect: Plastic Seal #14 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #14: Future Perfect: Lava Bubble #15 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #15: Future Perfect: Geothermal Veins #16 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #16: Future Perfect: Red Dome #17 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #17: Future Perfect: Geothermal Waterfall #18 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #18: Future Perfect: Three Worlds #19 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #19: Future Perfect: Blue Plastic #20 Guggenheim Application Proof Print #20: Future Perfect: Geothermal Steam Portrait 2009 CAE1214/2 Series 2: Preliminary Research, Springs Preserve, Folders 1-5, Series 2 contains materials related to the first site (chronologically speaking) used to create the Future Perfect concept and imagery, the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas Nevada, which opened on June 8, Research & Travel Materials (1 of 3), Research & Travel Materials (2 of 3), Research & Travel Materials (3 of 3), Polaroids,

4 2-5 Proof Prints, 2007 CAE1214/3 Series 3: Preliminary Research, Biosphere 2, Folders 1-9, Series 3 contains materials related to the second site (chronologically speaking) used to create the Future Perfect concept and imagery, Biosphere 2, located in Oracle Arizona and currently managed by the University of Arizona. 3-1 Research & Travel Materials, Polaroids (1 of 2), Polaroids (2 of 2), Contact Prints (1 of 5), Contact Prints (2 of 5), Contact Prints (3 of 5), Contact Prints (4 of 5), Contact Prints (5 of 5), Proof Prints, CAE1214/4 Series 4: Preliminary Research, Iceland, Folders 1-26, Series 4 contains materials related to the third site (chronologically speaking) used to create the Future Perfect concept and imagery, Iceland, where Natal had several residencies and has visited each year from (Although she did make her first visit in 2006, it was for the printing of the book Neon Boneyard: Las Vegas A-Z.) The travel materials are sorted geographically, from the largest to finest sort: General, Regional, and Sub-region or City. 4-1 Travel Logistical Information, Journal, Icelandic Ephemera, Postcard Collages, 2008 CAE Box General Travel Materials (1 of 3), General Travel Materials (2 of 3), General Travel Materials (3 of 3), West Iceland Travel Materials, North Iceland Travel Materials, East Iceland Travel Materials, South Iceland Travel Materials (1 of 2), South Iceland Travel Materials (2 of 2), Reykjanes Peninsula Travel Materials, Reykjavík & Environs Travel Materials (1 of 3), Reykjavík & Environs Travel Materials (2 of 3), Reykjavík & Environs Travel Materials (3 of 3), Húsavík Travel Materials, Polaroids, Images Sorted by Location and Date,

5 4-20 Contact Sheets, 2008 CAE Box Proof Prints (1 of 6), Proof Prints (2 of 6), Proof Prints (3 of 6), Proof Prints (4 of 6), Proof Prints (5 of 6), Proof Prints (6 of 6), CAE1214/4 Series 4: Additional Materials CAE Box 48: Objects 4-3#1 Map of Iceland Painted Box, by Kunsang Tsering, 2012 CAE Box 56: Objects 4-3#2 Sewing Threadbone, þráðarleggur, not dated 4-3#3 Sheephorn Sculpture, not dated CAE1214/5 Series 5: Future Perfect, Folders 1-6, Series 5 contains materials about the project Future Perfect including book drafts, quotes, a bibliography CAE Box Project Information and Timelines, Research Materials (1 of 2), Research Materials (2 of 2), Bibliography and Quotes, not dated 5-5 Blurb Book Draft and Mockup Pages, Future Perfect Book, Spiral Bound, 2011 CAE1214/5 Series 5: Additional Materials CAE Box 48 and 56: Objects 5-1#1 The Cosmos (3 Sculptural pieces, part of the larger sculpture titled The Cosmos.) CAE Flat File F4: Oversized Items 5-1#2 First Timeline of Future Perfect, (B&W) #3 Second Timeline of Future Perfect, (Color) 2010 Tube Rack: Oversized Items 5-1#4 Natural Disaster Timeline, 6/ /2010 CAE1214/6 Series 6: Related Projects, Folders 1-6, Series 6 contains materials from other projects loosely related to Future Perfect. Materials include project descriptions, proof prints, and research materials. This series is arranged by project start date. 5

6 CAE Box Joshua Tree A-Z, Neon Boneyard Las Vegas A-Z, Earthwords, American Alphabet, (Folder Materials ) 6-5 Astral Projections, Eaarth, CAE1214/6 Series 6: Additional Materials CAE S-Box #1 Astral Projections print on Hygrothermograph Paper,