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Title
VALIS
Dome
Exit
,
South
Pole
Artist
Samaras, Connie
Artist Nationality
American
Subject
Antarctica
South Pole
Photography of polar regions
Observatory domes
Doorways
Ice
Snow
Coverage - Spatial
South
Pole
Coverage - Temporal
Twenty-first
century
Date
Circa
2005-2007
Description
Connie
Samaras’
Dome
Exit
is
a
photograph
of an
exit
to the
Buckminster
Fuller
geodesic
dome
.
Taken
from the
inside
of the
abandoned
structure
,
Samaras’
captures
Antarctica’s
frigid
climate
from the
interior
of the
dome
that had
harboured
life
on the
South
Pole
since
its
construction
in the
1970s
. The
only
continent
that
remains
ungoverned
by an
individual
country
, the
climate
of
Antarctica
creates
uniquely
uninhabitable
conditions—the
average
lifespan
for a
man
made
structure
on the
South
Pole
is
approximately
thirty
years
before
such
architectural
structure
are
submerged
by
blowing
and
drifting
snow
.
Although
the
Buckminster
Fuller
geodesic
dome
was
one
of the
most
identifiable
architectural
feature
of the
South
Pole
,
it
was
concluded
in
2005
that the
dome
had
deteriorated
past
the
point
of
repair
.
Like
the
other
architectural
structures
that
preceded
it
, the
Buckminster
Fuller
geodesic
dome
had
begun
to
collapse
under
the
weight
of
wind-driven
snow
.
Samaras’
photograph
documents
snow
and
ice
infiltrating
the
sheltering
structure
, a
testament
to the
overwhelming
power
of
Antarctica's
natural
environment
and the
potential
futility
of
colonization
efforts
in
such
a
climate
.
Genre
Photography
Source
Color photography: 20 x 24 inches
Collection
Pitzer
College
Art
Galleries
-
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/pca
Publisher
Pitzer
College
Rights
Physical rights are retained by Pitzer College. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws.
Type
Image
Format
image/jp2
Object File Name
pca00085.tif
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