http://openmuseum.berkeley.edu/media/ en-US Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:42:08 PST Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:42:08 PST http://openmuseum.berkeley.edu/media/files/elisacolombani/39 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:42:08 PST elisacolombani Instead of ecological or political terms referring to nature, this art accepts the notion which "In Popular Terms" presents-- the importance of the language we use to talk about nature or the environment. However, this piece presents terms, music, and images which attempt to capture water (a particularly important part of the ecology) through an aesthetic lens, rather than a social or political one. However, it also self-consciously highlights the gap between the intrinsic beauty of water (or nature in general), and the incapability of humans to fully or wholly capture it. Instead of ecological or political terms referring to nature, this art accepts the notion which "In Popular Terms" presents— the importance of the language we use to talk about nature or the environment. However, this piece presents terms, music, and images which attempt to capture water (a particularly important part of the ecology) through an aesthetic lens, rather than a social or political one. However, it also self-consciously highlights the gap between the intrinsic beauty of water (or nature in general), and the incapability of humans to fully or wholly capture it. mediaremixnon_commercial_share_alikevideowmv44kmonoCBRwaterecological_termspoetic_termsnatureoriginal_music http://openmuseum.berkeley.edu/media/files/elisacolombani/39 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/