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An art, research and media project investigating the role of landscape imagery in international conflict through drawing events at militarized sites and publications.

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Johnston Island Saturday Night

July 31, 2013 Steve Rowell
Cake celebrating the destruction of all chemical weapons on Johnston Island, including Mustard Gas (H), Sarin (GB), and VX Nerve Agent | Photo : US Army

Cake celebrating the destruction of all chemical weapons on Johnston Island, including Mustard Gas (H), Sarin (GB), and VX Nerve Agent | Photo : US Army

Artist Steve Rowell assembles a video piece documenting Johnston Island's past. Located 800 miles west of Hawaii, the site was transformed after numerous high altitude nuclear test launches during the 1960s and 70s.

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In Guest Contribution, Historical Tags Johnston Atoll, Pacific, San Clemente Island, US Navy

Battlefields of Santa Barbara

January 3, 2013 Jason Hill
Detail map of Ellwood and Ellwood Offshore Oil Field, showing location of Luton-Bell Well No. 17, damaged by Japanese shelling Feb 23, 1942

Detail map of Ellwood and Ellwood Offshore Oil Field, showing location of Luton-Bell Well No. 17, damaged by Japanese shelling Feb 23, 1942

How does modern war mark the California landscape? A single day's photographic record produced on the Southern California coast offers one compelling answer.

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In Historical, Guest Contribution, Origins Tags Santa Barbara, Pacific, World War II, San Clemente Island

San Clemente Island Draw-in

September 6, 2012 Hillary Mushkin

Incendiary Traces ventures out on the sport fishing boat Fury for an unannounced draw-in focused on San Clemente Island Naval Weapons Testing Range.

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In Report Tags San Clemente Island, US Navy, Pacific

The Naval Gaze: (Sub)tropical Fantasies and Imperial Pacific Landscapes

August 14, 2012 Hillary Mushkin
Detail of Map of California shown as an island, Joan Vinckeboons, 1650 | Courtesy of Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress

Detail of Map of California shown as an island, Joan Vinckeboons, 1650 | Courtesy of Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress

Hillary Mushkin examines early European representations of the Southern California coast.

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In Historical Tags Pacific, San Clemente Island, US Navy, Cartography

Tracing the San Clemente Island Weapons Testing Range

July 17, 2012 Hillary Mushkin
Installation view of Documentation as Art/Art as Documentation, exhibit at ARCO Center for Visual Art, 1979 | Photo : Tom McMillin

Installation view of Documentation as Art/Art as Documentation, exhibit at ARCO Center for Visual Art, 1979 | Photo : Tom McMillin

San Clemente Island is the subject of a draw-in on the deck of a sport fishing boat named "The Fury".

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Tags San Clemente Island, US Navy, Pacific, World War II

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