Journey to the Arctic: An Artist's Experience

Join Derek Haffar as he shares his journey on an art and science expedition with The Arctic Circle Residency last May. His projects incorporated a sound exploration, employing custom made music box motions, photography, and poetry .

Some works created from this experience will now be shared at the GEEC in an audience participatory format with the music box motions paired with slides and observations from the journey with discussion and questions.

Derek Haffar is originally from upstate NY, received an MFA from Bard College and is currently part-time faculty at Parsons School of Design and Adjunct professor with CCE at Pratt Institute. He has worked for several name artists as fabricator, assistant, for Mathew Barney, Red Grooms, Tom Otterness among others. His work for the Wildlife Conservation Society as an exhibit specialist has had a lasting impact on the way that his work is constructed as well as how industrial art practices impact the environment. His work is iterative nature with an emphasis on sustainability. He is an interdisciplinary artist combining and overlapping mediums, themes and techniques.

This event is paired with a display exhibition of Mr. Haffar's work on the 2nd floor of the library starting October 7th.

Photo Credit: Kristin Rogers Brown