| James Balog at Smokebrush |
| Written by Ken Hamel | |||
| Posted: February 03, 2010 | |||
Extreme Ice Survey: The Photography of James BalogSmokebrush Gallery (Colorado Springs)February 5 – March 26, 2010
 James Balog - Extreme Ice Survey, Ice In Disko Bay, Greenland The Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) brings art and science together with stunningly sublime photographic imagery and time-lapse animations illustrating the rapid changes happening to Earth's glacial ice. It is at once visually captivating, educational, and compelling. And it is the perfect beginning to Smokebrush Gallery's 2010 programming. EIS is the most wide-ranging glacier study ever conducted using ground-based, real-time photography. EIS uses time-lapse photography, conventional photography, and video to document the rapid changes now occurring on the Earth's glacial ice. James Balog and his EIS team have specially customized and installed 27 time-lapse cameras at 15 sites in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and the Rocky Mountains. EIS supplements this ongoing record with annual repeat photography in Iceland, the Alps, and Bolivia. Mr. Balog recently presented his work at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December 2009, was featured on the cover of National Geographic and was recently appointed as the ECO-Ambassador to SAMSUNG for the Vancouver Olympics, and his one-hour documentary will release this Spring on PBS's NOVA. These credentials merely support the value and timeliness of this contemporary image-maker's work. Although the science world has given Mr. Balog more attention than the art world at this point, the work itself shares no exclusive borders with either world and certainly stands up on its own in the gallery and museum settings. Smokebrush Foundation Located under the Colorado Ave. Bridge in the Depot Arts District 218 West Colorado Avenue, Suite 111 Colorado Springs, C0 80903 719.444.1012 Mon-Fri: 12pm - 5pm First Saturday of each month http://www.smokebrush.org
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