The Arctic Circle Log is a documentation of a travel to the North Pole. The web site includes video, various photographs and written blogs to map out a trip of an extremely dangerous terrain. The authors say that the project is an exploration of the two different kinds of loneliness. The first is the loneliness of not knowing anyone and being an anchor only to yourself in this completely saturated information environment. They also try to depict the loneliness of being trapped in a vast barren wilderness with no one else around. The project resonates with success as it probes the contradictory aspects of the same affliction. This piece is something that really could not be done with traditional forms of art. The inclusion of various types of imagery and the organization of information lays out a unique exploration of the possibility of art. In a fashion it presents art as information that when compiled and assimilated in a certain fashion can be as viable as any oil painting or pattern of graphite.
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