https://colleentuite.com Colleen Tuite Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:26:00 +0000 https://colleentuite.com en https://colleentuite.com/About Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:25:55 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/About <img width="4284" height="5712" width_o="4284" height_o="5712" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/906b9bd7dcb957deb07b638f58643a6c28b049f03659891f9649e62f91ca5ce8/IMG_5369.jpeg" data-mid="248495778" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/906b9bd7dcb957deb07b638f58643a6c28b049f03659891f9649e62f91ca5ce8/IMG_5369.jpeg" /> Colleen Tuite is a designer who writes about architecture and nature. She is the Director of Design &amp; Production at Studio Sanford Biggers. Personal &amp; collaborative work is archived below. colleen@dark-green.net https://colleentuite.com/Crude Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:46:50 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/Crude Crude: The Bakken Fossil Fuel Frontier North Dakota, USA In 2015, the story was this: a massive migration to the post-peak-oil frontier, recession-proof, $20/hr McDonald’s jobs, and gas flares that can be seen from space. We kept hearing about it, reading occasional news clips, and soon enough we were watching YouTube videos about how to get jobs in the oil patch, how to live in a man camp, how to live out of your truck in a Wal-Mart parking lot until you could get a job and score a spot in a man camp; videos of exploding gas well heads, eighteen-wheelers flipped over in pristine snowbanks. All in the endless landscape of the Bakken Formation in North Dakota.&nbsp; We decided we’d go too. Published in Atlas of Material Worlds: Mapping the Agency of Matter for a New Landscape Practice, edited by Matthew Seibert (Routledge, 2021) And as “Tight Gas” in Manifest: A Journal of the Americas issue 3. Together with Ian Quate/ Other Fields <img width="900" height="675" width_o="900" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e01705f2c15c8add453d00bf85bd8d5f11abd06dae5d7f45ed76e4ccd2863756/DSCF7426.jpg" data-mid="82631726" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/e01705f2c15c8add453d00bf85bd8d5f11abd06dae5d7f45ed76e4ccd2863756/DSCF7426.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="675" width_o="900" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0d723a323eb1fd3263d8b2c984547d8908e970e6b2c8270f1205e6538360610/DSCF7458.jpg" data-mid="82568766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/d0d723a323eb1fd3263d8b2c984547d8908e970e6b2c8270f1205e6538360610/DSCF7458.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="675" width_o="900" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46c780a0f7e34d1b5b87892c04a1420385c6dab9ab7fbe5c09485052ea40c59a/IMG_4028.jpg" data-mid="82631755" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/46c780a0f7e34d1b5b87892c04a1420385c6dab9ab7fbe5c09485052ea40c59a/IMG_4028.jpg" /> https://colleentuite.com/Big-Oil Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:26:00 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/Big-Oil Big Oil Archive I interviewed artist Sanaz Sohrabi about her work with the British Petroleum archive and the world’s oldest obsession.&nbsp; Montez Press Radio Airing Sept 25, 2020 Produced with Discrit’s programming series.&nbsp; <img width="1825" height="1825" width_o="1825" height_o="1825" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1bd5983e3bc9f2744083b5cbdc156ec1278817886bfd5a69aebe43f52a2f57a/BigOilArchive_promo.jpg" data-mid="83558108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1bd5983e3bc9f2744083b5cbdc156ec1278817886bfd5a69aebe43f52a2f57a/BigOilArchive_promo.jpg" /> https://colleentuite.com/Panning-1 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:43:25 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/Panning-1 Panning Pan is the chillest Greek dude. While everyone else is in the temple, Pan’s holding it down in the woods, hosting epic parties, making sure everyone’s goblet is full, and getting laid. He’s enjoying the pre-industrial night air, cracking jokes, and jamming on his flute. But sometimes, all his friends go home. Sometimes, Pan wakes up in the morning, alone in the forest – confused, hungover, depressed – and he cries out. “Panic.”One panics when they feel lost and confused in nature. Published in Avery Shorts Season 3, 2019 Full Text Slideshow presented at Datatopia, Berlin, Germany, summer 2018. <img width="346" height="265" width_o="346" height_o="265" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31a643fa1361727c22fdcc260f85517de35ba616f886c6b45e234076c470f0de/pan-cropped2.jpg" data-mid="82568454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/346/i/31a643fa1361727c22fdcc260f85517de35ba616f886c6b45e234076c470f0de/pan-cropped2.jpg" /> https://colleentuite.com/20-20-1 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:25:55 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/20-20-1 20/20 Newburgh, NY Moving through a house like hiking up a mountain. Through the musty undergrowth to the sun shining bright symbols above, designated danger marked on a butterfly’s wing. In Newburgh, a city which has faced economic austerity and abandonment, many of the historic facades now bear a red X - a graphic indication of structural danger and visual reminder of poverty. 20/20 renders Newburgh's ubiquitous red X into natural phenomena. Light box with vinyl transparency, 2019. Exhibited in “Terrain Biennial”, Newburgh NY Photography by Michael Vahrenwald <img width="1422" height="2400" width_o="1422" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94d9bb76aca0c52f7a6244d00724c19da1a7e826427776fce0f45853e207c149/CTX002.jpg" data-mid="82568169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94d9bb76aca0c52f7a6244d00724c19da1a7e826427776fce0f45853e207c149/CTX002.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="2400" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb7e60af871e4f3c6ba6fec57d0889b97b1c19c75587bf3b67a6cd5500bcffb3/CTX003.jpg" data-mid="82568140" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb7e60af871e4f3c6ba6fec57d0889b97b1c19c75587bf3b67a6cd5500bcffb3/CTX003.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="2400" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3448d2b6d0fc658e9d63c44683116af649aa62f2d988bf07161fdcc2ca03333f/CTX005.jpg" data-mid="82568170" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3448d2b6d0fc658e9d63c44683116af649aa62f2d988bf07161fdcc2ca03333f/CTX005.jpg" /> https://colleentuite.com/NoHunting Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:39:43 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/NoHunting NoHuntingPurple14319 New York, NY In many US states, a particular shade of purple paint is a legal territorial marker. It is called No Hunting Purple, available by the gallon.In 2018 in New York City, we take a purple-marked fence from the countryside and install it on the roof of a bank, claiming $14,319 worth of the building’s air rights. We tell no one. It remains today. 2018 - ongoing Together with Nathaniel De Large Photography by Michael Vahrenwald <img width="1536" height="1025" width_o="1536" height_o="1025" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94352a2592b57a385de94682ea062d164a521b098fc5bdc48b05959d434a6775/NHPF_002.jpg" data-mid="82568403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94352a2592b57a385de94682ea062d164a521b098fc5bdc48b05959d434a6775/NHPF_002.jpg" /> <img width="1536" height="1102" width_o="1536" height_o="1102" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/437c14ef2dc6aa83ac1566436f003c37e8c5fa826f675a5d54f6fa3a71d79ec4/NHPF_001.jpg" data-mid="82568402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/437c14ef2dc6aa83ac1566436f003c37e8c5fa826f675a5d54f6fa3a71d79ec4/NHPF_001.jpg" /> https://colleentuite.com/Drinking Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:14:55 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/Drinking On Drinking in Public Parks An ode and a history. Published in New York Review of Architecture issue 4, September 2019. https://colleentuite.com/Familiar-1 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:45:48 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/Familiar-1 Familiar A trove of vintage snapshots from the Twin Towers observation deck was discovered at an estate sale, then scanned and remapped in Unity to create a surrealistic landscape in an app for Oculus Go. You step into an unfamiliar familiar, seagulls call overhead, A snail at your feet guides you, another familiar. Grasp the handrail. Wind from a small fan blows through your hair. VR Environment for OculusFound images from Twin Towers observation deck, rigged snail, wood, hotglue, fan, 2018. Exhibited in “Fear Faire”, Marinaro Gallery, New York 2018.Thanks to Nathaniel De Large. <img width="2431" height="1622" width_o="2431" height_o="1622" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9eaae6653556684d9f89cf8c6fe19b246284a07fd92588e00b4c1d29d9495a6c/DSC02041_web.jpg" data-mid="82573407" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9eaae6653556684d9f89cf8c6fe19b246284a07fd92588e00b4c1d29d9495a6c/DSC02041_web.jpg" /> <img width="867" height="537" width_o="867" height_o="537" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/218afb40e46ae559f6ab2952f19a1ab10844b9e69e7e70138cd52d3a3a13bd0c/Capture14.JPG" data-mid="82573399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/867/i/218afb40e46ae559f6ab2952f19a1ab10844b9e69e7e70138cd52d3a3a13bd0c/Capture14.JPG" /> <img width="2431" height="1622" width_o="2431" height_o="1622" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f38a1750fb41caa4c04a78a444543f20862d14da65a95fbcebbb2058211832ce/DSC02033_web.jpg" data-mid="82573408" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f38a1750fb41caa4c04a78a444543f20862d14da65a95fbcebbb2058211832ce/DSC02033_web.jpg" /> https://colleentuite.com/Lichens-1 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:55:52 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/Lichens-1 Lichens Lichens are domestic sculptures that interface with weather conditions and news data streams to express moods and states of consciousness Lichen 01 (Jessica), fiber reinforced concrete, microcontroller with screen, wifi, 2018. Lichen 02 (Environmental Depression), fiber reinforced concrete, microcontroller with screen, wifi, 2018. Exhibited in “Housewarming”, organized by Adjustments Agency and Jessica Kwok, domesti.city, NYC <img width="2118" height="2984" width_o="2118" height_o="2984" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a818474d96c895dd1b3cd4699ecaf2085538468f0562353949c300a86c6d1db7/05_Lichen-II-Environmental-Depression.jpg" data-mid="82569780" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a818474d96c895dd1b3cd4699ecaf2085538468f0562353949c300a86c6d1db7/05_Lichen-II-Environmental-Depression.jpg" /> <img width="2118" height="2984" width_o="2118" height_o="2984" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/609ac1b29f8d5cec3e4d8a844311f087b77c26ee619952431c660b95f2444c1d/04_Lichen-I-Jessica.jpg" data-mid="82569390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/609ac1b29f8d5cec3e4d8a844311f087b77c26ee619952431c660b95f2444c1d/04_Lichen-I-Jessica.jpg" /> https://colleentuite.com/Eternal-Spring Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:55:31 +0000 Colleen Tuite https://colleentuite.com/Eternal-Spring Eternal Spring Brooklyn, NY A backyard in Brooklyn suffered from compact, unusable soil.We sourced recycled artifical turf from a college sports complex, cut and retiled it to create a new pattern. A custom firepit was installed to keep the spirit alive.Now its eternal spring. 2018 - ongoing Together with Ian Quate / Other Fields <img width="2241" height="2538" width_o="2241" height_o="2538" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/439642d7f51b5b5b7bd9c7d32e2330ca01f3bffc7a9e1f3d004ca3869375b754/ES_01-Crop.jpg" data-mid="82581618" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/439642d7f51b5b5b7bd9c7d32e2330ca01f3bffc7a9e1f3d004ca3869375b754/ES_01-Crop.jpg" /> <img width="2242" height="2539" width_o="2242" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60d50a80e8d786ce9e8e9a7ce7eda6ce7dc6c470a913cc04afae926399286f62/ES02_crop.jpg" data-mid="82581616" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60d50a80e8d786ce9e8e9a7ce7eda6ce7dc6c470a913cc04afae926399286f62/ES02_crop.jpg" />