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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Haseltine has worked internationally and collaborated with [[Scientist|scientists]] and [[Engineer|engineers]] to focus on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Proteic grace|url=http://www.proteinspotlight.org/spotlight/back_issues/077/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Protein Spotlight|language=en}}</ref> |
Haseltine has worked internationally and collaborated with [[Scientist|scientists]] and [[Engineer|engineers]] to focus on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Proteic grace|url=http://www.proteinspotlight.org/spotlight/back_issues/077/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Protein Spotlight|language=en}}</ref>[[File:Waltz of the Polypeptides.jpg|left|thumb|Waltz of the Polypeptides sculpture on the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory campus in Long Island, New York]] |
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=== Artist === |
=== Artist === |
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Haseltine worked for feminist French-American artist [[Niki de Saint Phalle]] and created mosaics in [[Normandy]] and [[France]]. She has built the 'Waltz of the Polypeptides,' 'SARS Inhibited.' <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=user|date=2014-11-27|title=The Source {{!}}Mara G. Haseltine Presents Her 'Portrait of Our Oceans in Peril' Exhibition|url=https://thesource.com/2014/11/26/mara-g-haseltine-presents-her-portrait-of-our-oceans-in-peril-exhibition/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=The Source|language=en-US}}</ref> |
Haseltine worked for feminist French-American artist [[Niki de Saint Phalle]] and created mosaics in [[Normandy]] and [[France]]. She has built the 'Waltz of the Polypeptides,' 'SARS Inhibited.' <ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=user|date=2014-11-27|title=The Source {{!}}Mara G. Haseltine Presents Her 'Portrait of Our Oceans in Peril' Exhibition|url=https://thesource.com/2014/11/26/mara-g-haseltine-presents-her-portrait-of-our-oceans-in-peril-exhibition/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=The Source|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==== Mid-career and current work ==== |
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[[File:Waltz of the Polypeptides.jpg|left|thumb|Waltz of the Polypeptides sculpture on the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory campus in Long Island, New York]] |
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In 2003 Haseltine created the ‘[[Waltz of the Polypeptides]]’, a large-scale sculpture inspired by the biological process undergone during construction of proteins within a [[Cell (biology)|cell]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/8130/aboutcover.html|title=ABOUT THE COVER – July 28, 2003|website=pubs.acs.org|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cshl.edu/waltz-of-the-polypeptides-joins-cshls-art-of-science-collection|title=Waltz of the Polypeptides joins CSHL's Art of Science collection – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory|date=November 21, 2006|work=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> The artwork stretches eighty-four-foot across an outdoor space on the [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]] campus in [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2006/11/29/waltz-of-the-polypep.html|title=Waltz of the Polypeptides sculpture / Boing Boing|website=boingboing.net|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cshl.edu/waltz-of-the-polypeptides-joins-cshls-art-of-science-collection/|title=Waltz of the Polypeptides joins CSHL's Art of Science collection – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory|date=November 21, 2006|work=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> During the undertaking Haseltine developed a novel technique for taking sub-molecular data, used in [[bioinformatics]], and massaging it through a series of computer programs to produce a usable form that could be milled or [[Rapid prototyping|rapidly-prototyped]]. She went on to use this process repeatedly in her work, combining scientific data from the microscopic world and transposing it into three-dimensional sculptures.<ref>{{Cite web|title='A Sculpture for the Age of Corona Virus: Dancing on the Line Between Art and Scientific Discovery' by Mara G. Haseltine {{!}} CLOT Magazine|url=https://www.clotmag.com/oped/a-sculpture-for-the-age-of-corona-virus-dancing-on-the-line-between-art-and-scientific-discovery-by-mara-g-haseltine|access-date=2020-08-19|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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Another of Haseltine's large-scale sculptures of note is "SARS Inhibited", which depicts the active cleft of the [[SARS coronavirus|SARS Virus]] with a stone path that represents the [[protease]] halting catalyzation. "SARS Inhibited" was built in 2006 on the [[Biopolis|Biolpolis]] Biotech Mecca courtyard in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews10-24-06.asp|title=Artnet News – artnet Magazine|website=artnet.com|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://architizer.com/projects/sars-inhibited/|title=SARS Inhibited|website=Architizer|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> |
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“Homologous Hope," built in 2014, is based on the [[BRCA2]] protein, which, in a healthy cell, prevents breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. The sculpture hangs suspended from the ceiling of the Basser Research Center atrium with an LED display depicting [[homologous recombination]], a process which broken strands of DNA. The project was designed by architect [[Rafael Viñoly]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2014/03/homologous-hope-sculpture)|title='Homologous Hope' sculpture combines art and science to celebrate cancer research|last=Wang|first=Brenda|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.esquaredmagazine.com/issue-1/|title=Issue #1|website=esquaredmagazine.com|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |
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Haseltine's later work addresses the growing threat the planet due to anthropogenic climate change.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/15/network-coral|title=Environmentalist and sculptor Mara G. Haseltine on coral reefs, biomimicry and eco art|last=WorldChanging|first=From|last2=Network|first2=part of the Guardian Environment|date=May 15, 2009|website=The Guardian|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> In 2006, Along with artist, film maker and environmental activist [[Nora Maccoby]] she co-founded "The Green Salon," an environmental solutions-based think tank based in Washington D.C. devoted to developing relationships between policy makers and NGO's.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/05/the-green-salon-water-and-life/57265/|title=The Green Salon: Water and Life|last=Haseltine|first=William|date=May 26, 2010|work=The Atlantic|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> Concerned with water quality land habitat restoration in [[New York Harbor]] in 2007 she created a science-based sculpture and experiment "Transcriptease."<ref>{{Citation|title=SHELLSHOCKED: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2023667/|access-date=13 November 2018}} |
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/may/15/network-coral</ref> The project was New York City's first solar powered oyster reef and [[Spartina]] marsh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/nyregion/thecity/22oyst.html|title=A Taste of History, Poised for Revival|last=Beyer|first=Gregory|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/01/biotherapy/|title=Biotherapy: Technology Assisted Wetland Revival|date=October 1, 2012|website=State of the Planet|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> Soon after, she created several "barefoot" experiments to test sustainable substrate for [[oyster]]s in conjunction with the [[New School for Social Research]], The NY/NJ Baykeepers and Cornell Marine Exchange in [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Haseltine|first=Mara|date=December 4, 2012|pages=245–261|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781466557734|doi=10.1201/b14314-19|title=Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration|chapter=Sustainable Reef Design to Optimize Habitat Restoration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://designobserver.com/feature/pearl-river/15478|title=Pearl River|website=Design Observer|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> |
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In 2011 Mara did an artist in residency on the Tara Schooner of [[Tara expedition]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/en/media-library/books/livre-tara-la-nouvelle-exploration/|title=Explore to understand, share to bring about change|last=soixanteseize|website=oceans.taraexpeditions.org|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> which was conducting a worldwide study of [[plankton]]ic ecosystems and their relationship to atmospheric [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explorers.org/events/detail/ec_lecture_series_tara_oceans|title=The Explorers Club – Events – NYC- Lecture Series: Tara Oceans|website=explorers.org|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oceans.taraexpeditions.org/en/m/art/artists/mara-g-haseltine/|title=Explore to understand, share to bring about change|last=soixanteseize|website=oceans.taraexpeditions.org|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> The project was led by chief scientist [[:fr:Éric Karsenti|Eric Karsenti]], winner of "[[:fr:Médaille d'or du CNRS|la médaille d'or du CNRS]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/|title=sciences.blogs.liberation.fr – Derniers articles – Libération.fr|website=sciences.blogs.liberation.fr|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://editions.flammarion.com/Catalogue/hors-collection/sciences/aux-sources-de-la-vie|title=Aux sources de la vie de Éric Karsenti – Editions Flammarion|last=Karsenti|first=Éric|website=editions.flammarion.com|language=fr|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> Mara was awarded the honor of "Return of the Flag" for this work by the [[Explorers Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explorers.org/about/mara_haseltine_mr08|title=The Explorers Club – About|website=explorers.org|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |
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Inspired by [[Microplastics|microplastic]] strands mixed with delicate planktonic forms in samples ascertained aboard the [[Tara expedition]], Haseltine created a mixed-media performance entitled "La Bohème: A Portrait of Today Oceans in Peril.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/bio-art-altered-realities-hardcover|title=Bio Art: Altered Realities|website=Thames & Hudson USA|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> The central sculpture in this work was a [[Tintinnid]] [[plankton]] fashioned from [[uranium]]-infused glass ensnared in a piece of [[Microplastics|micro-degraded plastic]] to which a live opera performance occurred and a Rodolfo sang to his "sick love".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/daily-news/love-song-for-an-ailing-planet-39617|title=Love Song for an Ailing Planet|website=The Scientist Magazine®|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> The installation debuted at the Explorers Club headquarters in New York on the Tara Expedition in 2012 and was shown at the [[Agnès b.|Agnes b]]. Gallery and Boutique in New York City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-artists-ode-to-plankton-set-to-puccinis-la-boheme-10031948/|title=An Artist's Ode to Plankton, Set to Puccini's 'La Boheme'|last=Nuwer|first=Rachel|website=Smithsonian|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> as well as parts of it being shown at the [[Oceanographic Museum]] in Monaco at the Blue Ocean Film Festival and at the Oceans Pavilion in Paris for the [[COP21]] in 2015 during the [[Paris Agreement|Paris Climate Accords]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-perils-of-plankton/|title=The Perils of Plankton |work=Science Friday|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.invisibleoceanmovie.com|title=Invisible Ocean: Plankton and Plastic|last=Basis|first=Stavros|website=invisibleoceanmovie.com|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> |
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[[File:Supernatural 1.jpg|thumb|Supernatural 1 sculpture, 2014]] |
[[File:Supernatural 1.jpg|thumb|Supernatural 1 sculpture, 2014]] |
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In 2012, Haseltine participated in a show entitled "Earth Consciousness" curated by the Japanese futuristic artist [[Mariko Mori]] in the tropical islands of [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] Japan where she debuted her plans for a coral reef entitled "Enchanted Star Sand" based on a [[Ctenophora|ctenophore]] plankton and local mythology.<ref>{{Citation|last=Biorock Video|title=Enchanted Star Sand: An Amphibious Habitat for Future Life|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfBoSs-mnj4|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> Upon meeting and interacting with the female Japanese Shamans of Okinawa, Haseltine's early interest in [[Shintoism]], the original nature worshipping religion of Japan, was re-kindled. She created a body of work entitled Supernatural and Futurenatural in 2015 consisting of photography and sculpture within which there is a moment of awareness called Chikon where the spirit of the rocks or nature reveals itself.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/08/prweb12899253.htm|title=Futurenatural-Supernatural: "The Essence of Nature's Life Force Revealed" Opens September 9th By Mara G. Haseltine at Tatiana Pagés Gallery, Harlem, NYC|work=PRWeb|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>Since 2008, Haseltine has been the Art Director of G.A.I.A. or [[Geotherapy]] Art Institute Associates.<ref>{{Cite web|last=scientificinquirer|date=2019-09-02|title=Mara G. Haseltine: Environmentally conscious art driven by form and function|url=https://scientificinquirer.com/2019/09/02/mara-haseltine-environmentally-conscious-art-that-driven-by-form-and-function/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Scientific Inquirer|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Haseltine|first=Mara|title=Vive La Haute Mer! (Long Live the High Seas!)|date=June 5, 2013|url=https://vimeo.com/67703544|access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labocine.com/spotlight/88|title=Microscopic Melodramas, A Surrealistic look at Our Oceans in Peril {{!}} by Mara G. Haseltine|website=Labocine|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Posokhova|first=Elena|url=https://www.maritima01.com/|title=Maritima 01 Book|year=2020}}</ref> |
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Mara G. Haseltine | |
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 Mara G. Haseltine inside her Sculpture SARS Inhibited Biopolis in Singapore, 2006 | |
| Born | February 22, 1971 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College San Francisco Art Institute |
| Notable work | Waltz of the Polypeptides, SARS inhibited, Homologous Hope, Transcriptease |
| Movement | Sci-Art, Geotherapy, Environmental Art |
| Awards | Scholarship Aspen Institute Leadership Program, 2012 Explorers, FLAG No. 75, 2011 Artist in Residency Imagine Science Films, 2012 Artist in Residency University of Dublin for Microscopy, 2011 |
| Website | http://www.calamara.com |
Mara Gercik Haseltine (born 22 February 1971) is an American artist and environmental activist who has shown and worked internationally.[1] She collaborates with scientists and engineers to create her work, which focuses on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.[2]
Early life and family
Her father is an American geneticist Dr. William A. Haseltine, a Professor of biochemistry at Harvard University.[3][4]
Career
Haseltine has worked internationally and collaborated with scientists and engineers to focus on the link between human's shared cultural and biological evolution.[3][4]
Artist
Haseltine worked for feminist French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle and created mosaics in Normandy and France. She has built the 'Waltz of the Polypeptides,' 'SARS Inhibited.' [4][5]
Environmental activist
She is the Art Director of Geotherapy Art Institute Associates.
References
- ^ "Mara Haseltine". fabrica-vitae.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Our October Issue is Out!". SCIART MAGAZINE. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b "From father to daughter". The Scientist Magazine®. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Proteic grace". Protein Spotlight. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ user (2014-11-27). "The Source |Mara G. Haseltine Presents Her 'Portrait of Our Oceans in Peril' Exhibition". The Source. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
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