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The Big Hereand
the Long Now
History for Sustainability
Libby [email protected]
Fenner School of Environment and SocietyAustralian National University/
Centre for Historical Research, National Museum of Australia
Image: Julie Kennett Table of the Long Now
The global imagination
‘Only One Earth’ View of Apollo 11 Space Mission
16 July 1969
The global imagination
Since 1969…• Information Technology revolution
• The end of equilibrium
• the Great Acceleration
Clock (above) and Orrery (below) of the Long Now
http://www.longnow.org/
Millennium Clock
The Millennium Clock Tower is over ten-metres tall, constructed in wood, metal and glass, containing fragments of the story of the millennium, with its disasters, tragedies and its human, scientific and artistic achievements. It is displayed at the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh in the shared space between the old museum and the new National Museum of Scotland.
Clock makersEDUARD BERSUDSKYTIM STEADANNICA SANDSTRÖMJŰRGEN TŰRBBECKETATIANA JAKOVSKAYMAGGY LENERT
Julie Kennett, Artist’s Statement, 2007
Rather than rigidly fixing the
boards of the table to each
other, they are held together
(and apart) by wooden butterfly
joints that allow the individual
planks to move independently as
they expand and shrink over
time. The joints are not glued,
but rather held in place with the
use of a lashing or binding
system that… (offers) flexibility
and sympathy to the wood
material…
Julie Kennett, Artist’s Statement, 2007
Lashes like these, working with butterfly joints ‘allow the wood to maintain its innate qualities and move with the natural forces working upon it’