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Christopher Castle

Christopher Castle is a multimedia environmental artist based in California, USA, whose recent work explores the subtle energies of nature through mapping and drawing with soil samples gathered at particular places. He has worked with community groups and schools to "create art that enables individuals to express their stories concerning their own community and environment."

'Mapping the Soul of the Land' in 1998 saw Castle working with the residents of West Marin, CA, to produce the floor map 'Marinography'.

'Mapping the Soul of the City' from 2000 (and continuing) has had numerous results, including the production of wall-hanging maps and a 100ft long school mural.

In January 2008, he told us "I'm currently having a show at a place called the Institute of Noetic Sciences:
http://www.noetic.org/retreat/events_art.cfm
and in April-May at an interesting place called the Bay Model, a vast scale model of San Francisco Bay run by the Army Corps of Engineers. The indoor model extends over a couple of acres and has working tides and currents amongst its many features. It's now run as an educational center. I'll be doing a mapping project involving vsitors while my exhibition is on in the entrance hallway. It's not on their website yet but should be soon:
http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/ "

More details of these and Castle's other projects can be found on his web-site.

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