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SARAH NANCE

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marseille tidal gauge aria, 2019 (live performance at Galerie FOFA)

tidal gauge data from Marseille, FR (1884-2014), sonified and performed by the artist

Ísland | Movement 1: Skagaströnd; composed 2013, recorded 2020 (excerpt)

performance of transcribed field recording; Sarah Nance (pianist) & Burke Jam (composer)

and when you change the landscape, is it with bare hands or with gloves? (lichen, woodwork, grate), 2023 graphite drawing of selbu mitten knitting chart 99 x 67 linear in. as installed Kristen Wigley-Fleming Gallery, Luther College, Decorah IA

and when you change the landscape, is it with bare hands or with gloves? (queen anne’s lace), 2023 graphite drawing of selbu mitten knitting chart 32 x 15.5 in. as installed Kristen Wigley-Fleming Gallery, Luther College, Decorah IA

cloud shatter, 2023 cut and stitched mylar space blankets 7 x 11 x 7 ft. as installed Kristen Wigley-Fleming Gallery, Luther College, Decorah IA

beartooth star ii & iii (granite, lichen, flowers) , 2021 quilted mylar 85 x 85 in.

beartooth star iii , 2022 quilted mylar 85 x 85 in.

beartooth star ii , 2021 quilted mylar 85 x 85 in.

beartooth star iv , 2021 quilted mylar 17 x 38.5 x 24 in. image credit: Margaret Fox

beartooth star , 2020 emergency space blanket quilt over found Beartooth Pass quartz 5 x 42 x 42 in. as installed

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points of rupture (alaska glacial event 1999) , 2020 letterpress print of knitting pattern coded using cryoseismic data, edition of 15 18 x 18 in.

points of rupture (apollo 15 passive seismic event 1971) , 2020 letterpress print of knitting pattern coded using lunar seismic data, edition of 15 18 x 18 in.

points of rupture (hans glacier icevibration 2002) , 2020 letterpress print of knitting pattern coded using cryoseismic data, edition of 15 18 x 18 in.

points of rupture (glacier de la plaine morte icequake 2016) , 2020 letterpress print of knitting pattern coded using cryoseismic data, edition of 15 18 x 18 in.

gastropod pendulum , 2019 (detail) collected gastropod fossil, silver chain 15 ft. x 2 in. x .5 in.

to reinforce a glacier , 2017 hand-beaded net, calved iceberg site-responsive installation Breiðamerkurjökull, Vatnajökull, Iceland

blueprint for an iceberg , 2019 risograph print, edition of 50 11.5 x 16.5 in.

anthropogeology (a veil to cover all stones ii) , 2018 digital archival print 24 x 36 in. Neahkahnie Viewpoint, Oregon

anthropogeology (snowplow strata) , 2018 digital archival print 24 x 36 in. Crater Lake, Oregon

before dust. past projects for the future , 2019 exhibition view Galerie Octave Cowbell , Metz, France interview with Pauline Lisowski for Point Contemporain

(emergency) (space) blanket for the moon , 2016-19 hand-woven bronze and silver mylar thread (satin weave), black limestone 32.5 x 21 x 60.5 in. Galerie Octave Cowbell , Metz, France

to reinforce a glacier , 2017 hand-beaded net gallery installation of site-responsive work with Fláajökull glacial tongue and Breiðamerkurjökull iceberg, Vatnajökull, Iceland 8.5 x 8 x 20 ft. as installed Antenna , New Orleans, LA

to reinforce a glacier , 2017 (detail) hand-beaded net gallery installation of site-responsive work with Fláajökull glacial tongue and Breiðamerkurjökull iceberg, Vatnajökull, Iceland 8.5 x 8 x 20 ft. as installed Antenna , New Orleans, LA

sea bloom , 2017 hand-beaded net 8 x 9 x 12 ft. as installed photo courtesy of Guy L’Heureux Galerie FOFA , Montréal, QC

telluric , 2017 recovered micrometeorites ≠ anthropogenic iron spherules, neodymium magnet 4 x .25 x 1 in.