February 2012
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January 2012
5 posts
Artist Statement
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for...
December 2011
3 posts
November 2011
4 posts
Watch
A collection of rough clips from Rabbit Island this past July and August. The storm at 09:25 was memorable.
Field Notes on Rabbit Island Geology
This sumer we were visited by Joshua Richardson, a geology graduate student at Michigan Tech University with expertise in Keweenaw Peninsula geology and, specifically, Jacobsville Sandstone. After making the crossing from Rabbit Bay we hiked around the island for an afternoon while he jotted down some field notes. A few weeks ago he emailed us this summary of his observations. It is fascinating....
October 2011
8 posts
Il n’y a plus de déserts. Il n’y a plus d’iles. Le besoin pourtant s’en fait sentir. Pour comprendre le monde, il faut parfois se détourner; pour mieux servir les hommes, les tenir un moment à distance. Mais où trouver la solitude nécessaire à la force, la longue respiration où l’esprit se rassemble et le courage se mesure? There are no more deserts. There are no...
Lake Superior Fireball — The...
Thomas Transtromer won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature for poetry inspired by a small Scandinavian island in the Swedish archipelago. His work explores the idea of city vs. country. In his case the city is Stockholm while contrast is found on the remote island of Runmarö.
Further In
On the main road into the city when the sun is low. The traffic thickens, crawls. It is a sluggish dragon...
WatchNice one Graham. Another tune from early August shot by Steven Michael Holmes of www.mostlymidwest.com. Graham Parsons grew up on the Keweenaw and organizes the annual Farm Block music festival on his family’s land. Good guy. Hopefully these tracks are the beginning of an island tradition. Maybe we’ll start a little Rabbit Island label.
Behind Graham, in the distance, is the rocky...
September 2011
6 posts
WatchChris Bathgate, Graham Parsons, Samantha Cooper and Michelle Brosius on the island in August, filmed by Steven Michael Holmes of Mostly Midwest (the Vincent Moon of the Great Lakes). This came together last minute but turned into one of the most memorable evenings of the summer. Music. Skinny dipping. Fiddles. A ride back to land after dark. No doubt the first of many. NPR’s Michigan...
Ten Questions for Rabbit Island
We recently received an email from a grad student writing a thesis on artist residencies for a Masters in Contemporary Art at Sotherby’s Institute in New York. She had ten questions. Here they are.
1. Did you purchase the island with the intent of creating an artist residency program?
Not specifically. It is still pretty amazing to me that the opportunity even existed in 2009...
August 2011
10 posts
Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your children’s children, and for all who come after you, as one of the great sights which every American if he can travel at all should see.
We have gotten past the stage, my fellow-citizens, when we are to be pardoned if we treat any...
Last night, at around 9pm, I found myself taking the quick fifteen minute trip from Houghton to Calumet. Chris Bathgate’s “Salt Year”, a pack of maverick 100s, and the abandoned mining buildings kept my company. I was on my way to meet with Dr. Rob Gorski from New York, who recently purchased a 90-acre island off the coast of the Keweenaw, and a sense of worry washed over me. I think native...
July 2011
4 posts
June 2011
5 posts
Several organizations and writers have written...
Tree Hugger
Jaymi Heimbuch from TreeHugger.com wrote a really nice piece about the project today. It is an understatement to say we were really excited when we saw Rabbit Island on the front page! Countless people saw this piece and many offers for support and collaboration have resulted. Thanks to everyone who emailed.
Gizmodo
What can we say… we got Gizmodo’d. 120,000 people...
Marquette Mining Journal
Renee Prusi, a reporter from the Mining Journal newspaper in Marquette, Michigan, wrote a piece about Rabbit Island in today’s paper. Many thanks Renee.
Here is an excerpt:
“Rabbit Island, some 91 acres, is located between L’Anse and the Keweenaw Peninsula or Big Bay and the Keweenaw, Gorski explained.
“Given my heritage, my ties to the local community, my family’s history, (the...
WatchCheck out our new Kickstarter Project. We’re pretty excited about the potential of bringing international artists, designers and thinkers to the northern Michigan woods. We’ve made some cool gifts for project backers (photography, Rabbit Island tee shirts, totes, art, etc.) and appreciate any support you can lend, financial or social. Help us spread the word!
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May 2011
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April 2011
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