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Published by Jim Draper
Directed by Staci Bu Shea
Designed by Summer Wood
Copyedited by Robin Rütenberg
Jim Draper’s Feast of Flowers is a multi-disciplinary project that critically investigates new ways of understanding Florida’s history, environmental aesthetics and the human place within the natural order. It is comprised of a collection of original paintings along with a digital anthology of collected works that seek to explain Florida’s enigmatic environmental and social landscape.
Essential in offering a unique perspective to the 500th anniversary of the naming of Florida, this curated document features responses from voices of various disciplines and serves as a cultural critique of our state, while Draper’s paintings explain a personal relationship with the unique Floridan ecosystem.
Features works by:
Jon Bosworth
Bob Self
Bill Belleville
David Montgomery
Daniel Newman
Jake Ingram
Dr. Hans-Herbert Kögler
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremy Chandler
Cari Sanchez-Potter
Katrina Zoe Norbom
Eric Hawes
Margaret Ross Tolbert
Dr. Quinton White
Staci Bu Shea
Lily Kuonen
Neil Armingeon
Karen Ahlers
Holly Keris
Dr. Debra Murphy
“Juan Ponce de Leon is referenced in the collection as an archetype and is treated more as a concept than an individual, and certainly not celebrated as a hero. I think that he represents that part of our psyche that we hope we can overcome: the individual as possessor. I want to show an alternative path through which we can learn to live as an active participant within the natural order. So another way to look at this project would be Ponce vs. the Butterfly.” -Jim Draper
Adobe PDF
ISBN: 978-0-9887164-0-7
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