Rebecca Solnit: The Altered Landscape Lecture
Rebeccas Solnit, an environmental writer, spoke at the Nevada Museum of Art. She explores various environments including test sites and wastelands in the Southwest. One of her favorite parts about exploring deserts and wastelands is the “blazing sun, that amazing light”. She says she has an “obsession with uninhabited landscape”. Where does her obsession come from? Solnit says, “it’s about imagination...we only appreciate pristine landscapes”. Uninhabited landscapes are not appreciated and Solnit says, “a lot of this ugly stuff is fascinating...we better love what we have”. Our pristine landscapes are quickly fading and as we try to fix those pristine landscapes we should also study the ugly wastelands.
Solnit says, “artists have become scientists and story tellers”. Artists are documenting current events and changes in the world. They are not only expressing themselves but they are starting dialogues as well as taking on political movements. Rebecca Solnit takes on the environmental movement and through her writing brings light to a world and topic that should not be ignored.
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