Proposed Futures: Then and Now

DAVID BUCKLEY BORDEN

March 30 - May 17, 2018

 
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Environmental challenges are continually increasing. Ecological awareness is the foundation of environmental action and proactive stewardship. Borden’s creative use of the “proposal” provokes us to imagine a variety of environmental futures and ultimately urges us to do more for the planet. Informed by ecological research and community engagement, Borden explores a varied collaborative approach to environmental education through accessible art and design, ranging from speculative design proposals, to silkscreen prints, to installations in both the gallery and the landscape.

 
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About the Artist

David Buckley Borden installing the Proposed Futures: Then and Now exhibition at Urbano Project.

David Buckley Borden installing the Proposed Futures: Then and Now exhibition at Urbano Project.

David Buckley Borden is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based interdisciplinary artist and designer. Using an accessible combination of art and design, David promotes a shared environmental awareness and heightened cultural value of ecology. David's place-based projects highlight both pressing environmental issues and everyday phenomena. Informed by research and community outreach, David's work manifests in a variety of forms, ranging from site-specific landscape installations in the woods to data-driven cartography in the gallery. 

David's place-based projects have recently earned him residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute, Teton Art Lab, Trifecta Hibernaculum, and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. David was a 2016/2017 Charles Bullard Fellow in Forest Research at Harvard University. Currently as a Harvard Forest Associate Fellow, David continues to work with Harvard scientists to answer the question, “How can art and design foster cultural cohesion around environmental issues and help inform ecology-minded decision making.”

Learn more about David’s work: davidbuckleyborden.com