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© Joseph Scheer 2007
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During 2004 Stephen Buchmann and Michael Wilson were fortunate to become acquainted
with Professor of Print Media and Co-Director of the Institute of Electronic Art at
Alfred University, Joseph Scheer. Joseph has become famous for his artworks based on
high-resolution scans and prints of moths. Joseph has been featured in National
Geographic, the New York Times, and at least 100 other publications as well as dozens
of shows of his moth prints. Though Joseph is not a scientist and had no formal training in biology prior to his work with moths, his work has electrified moth taxonomy and Joseph has worked closely with prominent scientists in the field. As his work has progressed, Joseph has become more and more interested
in the place where art, science and technology meet.
During 2006, Steve and Michael provided essays for Joseph Scheer’s book, Mothing.
Now Drylands’ staff is proud to announce that we have begun work with Joseph on
a series of publications on the moth fauna of the southwestern United States and
adjacent Mexico. This region (including adjacent Mexico) is certainly the least
biologically understood in North America. It is a region where desert, ocean,
temperate forest, grassland, and tropics meet and this makes for a truly remarkable fauna.
Drylands Institute will be initiating a series of projects that will be known as Imaging Biodiversity. Please return to this site for updates on program
details.
An interview with Joseph Scheer by James A. Cotter.
To purchase Joseph Scheer's book
Night Visions: The Secret Designs of Moths
visit Prestel Publishing.
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© Drylands Institute, 2007-2008
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