Black maps/vivid waters : beauty and horror in David Maisel's The Lake Project and Terminal Mirage

"This paper examines The Lake Project and Terminal Mirage, the two components of David Maisel’s Black Maps series that concern water. Like the section of the Salt Lake chosen by Robert Smithson for his seminal Spiral Jetty, the alkaline waters Maisel photographs are subject to infestations of bacteria that that give them a visceral hue. Smithson provides a reference for this work; the artists are notable for their shared site, disorienting scale, and attraction to entropy"

London films & certain delightful English towns /

Meteorological emotions.--Civic and social comparisons, mostly odious.--Shows and side-shows of state.--The dun year's brilliant flower.--The sights and sounds of the streets.--Some misgivings as to the American invasion.--In the gallery of the Commons.--The means of sojourn.--Certain traits of the London springtime.--Some voluntary and involuntary sight-seeing.--Glimpses of the lowly and the lowlier.--Twice-seen sights and half-fancied facts.--An afternoon at Hampton Court.--A Sunday morning in the country.--Fishing for whitebait.--Henley day.--American origins--mostly northern.--American origins--mostly southern.--Aspects and intimations.--Parting guests.

The Indians' revenge; or, Days of horror. Some appalling events in the history of the Sioux.

Mode of access: Internet.

The complete story of the Galveston horror.

Mode of access: Internet.