Santa Cruz Island Reserve

16 Sep, 04 AM - 18 Sep, 08 AM

The meanings of Island Fever and Island Time are amorphous and change according to an individual?s subjective spatial and temporal reality. Island Fever, for instance, is a symptom of an islander with a yearning to escape from their island reality. Alternatively, it is a symptom of a mainlander wanting to escape from their mainland reality and travel to an island paradise for vacation. These yearnings of escapism at one point began to collide and intermingle, fostering and popularizing ideas of white sand beaches, palm trees, and tropical drinks served out of a coconut as an ideal way to spend a vacation. The cultures collided to create a new and unique reality for everyone on that specific island. The two-year MFA program within the Department of Art is just like this island. The first year graduates enter the program with energy and ambition, looking forward to their time here. The second year students begin their year with energy and ambition looking toward their thesis work, but also ahead toward the looming reality of graduating and leaving the program. The beginning of the academic year is when these two cultures and realities collide to create a new and unique reality for everyone within the program. A community is developed, and a tone is shaped and set for the rest of the year. Thus, our proposal is to shape this new community, and our new reality, at the Channel Islands Field Station operated by UC Santa Barbara.

Visit #25559 @Santa Cruz Island Reserve

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Under Project # 23854 | Research

Island Fever/Time

graduate_student - University of California, Santa Barbara

Reservation Members(s)

Group of 15 Graduate Student Sep 16 - 18, 2011 (3 days)
Group of 4 Volunteer Sep 16 - 18, 2011 (3 days)

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Dorm 19 Sep 16 - 18, 2011
Jeep 19 Sep 16 - 18, 2011
Pickup Truck 19 Sep 16 - 18, 2011
Private Room 19 Sep 16 - 18, 2011