Careful, it’s hot, hot hot!
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we discover how dangerously hot cars can get in the summer sun, new strategies for learning math; and finally, we explore how […]
Portraits of Iraq War Protesters
Photographer Judith Joy Ross discusses her 2006-7 series Protest the War. She describes capturing people of all ages and backgrounds who were against the U.S. war in Iraq and her […]
Aftermath of Hiroshima
Photographer Kikuji Kawada discusses Chizu (The Map) (1960–65), his series on the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, the Japanese military, and the post–World War II economic boom in Japan.
Iraq Isn’t Just an Empty Desert
Artist Jananne Al-Ani discusses how war reportage has contributed to Western representations of the Middle East as a largely uninhabited desert region.
Attention to Hidden Trauma
Doris Salcedo is a Colombian-born artist who draws from traumatic real-life events such as kidnappings and assassinations to create works that speak to a shared experience.
Border Walls in Tangier
Artist Yto Barrada discusses the complex realities of life in Tangier, a city on the northern coast of Morocco, along the Strait of Gibraltar. Barrada visually explores this subject in […]
Modern-Day Victory Gardens
Amy Franceschini implemented free community garden projects in San Francisco to reintroduce the World War I– and World War II–era concept of “victory gardening” in the contemporary city.
Life Amidst Conflict in Beirut
Artist Lamia Joreige researched the sieges, relics, occupations, and natural disasters of Beirut from 1200 BCE through 2010 CE to create Beirut, Autopsy of a City (2010).
Lebanese Artist Brings Kidnappings to Light
Artist Lamia Joreige explores in her work the cultural impact of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–90).
War Through Landscape
Photographer An-My Le, who grew up in Saigon during the Vietnam War, describes her series Small Wars (1999–2002) and 29 Palms (2003–4). She discusses how contemporary landscape photography can be […]
