THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
16 The Boneyard
BEN QUICK
Some chapters of history will
never be left in the dust.
24 Fencing Israel
HAIM WATZMAN
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANIEL BLATT
A fence in the desert threatens
wildlife and leaves activists
con?icted.
ART OF LIVING
32 Kana
CHRIS DOMBROWSKI
PHOTOGRAPHS BY RANDY BEACHAM
And then there are those
moments when everything
you’ve longed for is suddenly
right at your feet.
An Antarctic artwork connects
Earth and sky. See page 42
36 A Swamp Forest Grows
in Brooklyn
GINGER STRAND
PHOTOGRAPHS BY KENTA NAGAI
In which a dance troupe secretly
uses an abandoned urban
reservoir as their studio.
42 Celestial Spheres
WILLIAM L. FOX
Lita Albuquerque went to
the Antarctic to make art that
conjures the sky.
46 The Failure of Names
ART AND TEXT BY
JAMES PROSEK
Beyond the limits of Linnaeus
lies a world teeming with in>nite
colors, shapes, and sizes.
GROUNDSWELL
54 One Nation Under Elvis
REBECCA SOLNIT
PHOTOGRAPHS BY LARRY MILLS
Environmentalists might be a lot
more e=ective if they listened
to more country music—and
especially if they listened more
often to country music listeners.
62 The Headbonkers’ Ball
MATT JENKINS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY KIM STEELE
Scores of native bees inhabit
California’s cities, and one
scientist is on a crusade to help
them thrive.
