Mark Dion`s Bartram`s Travels - Reconsidered

0: Historic Bartram's Garden

Day 1:



Historic Bartram's Garden is the launch site for renowned artist Mark Dion's newest project: Mark Dion: Travels of William Bartram - Reconsidered. The historic launch happens on November 15 of 2007 at Bartram's estate in Philadelphia.

1: Hope Ginsberg's House

Day 1:



Mark and Dana stayed at Hope's house on their way south after the launch.

2: Heading South

3: The Charleston Aquarium Beaches

Day 3:



Mark stopped to collect shells on the beach outside of the Charleston Aquarium.

4: Heading South

5: Hilton Head Island

Day 4:



"On Monday November 19th we were afforded an opportunity to observe a tribe of people who live in a manner utterly foreign to us. They live in a village fortified with fences and moats called Sun City."

6: Heading Southwest

7: Bonaventure Cemetery

Mark and Dana stopped in Bonaventure Cemetery on their way to New Orleans.

8: Raven Hinojosa and Jayme Kalal's House

Day 7:

 

The team spent Thanksgiving in New Orleans. They also stopped by to see some old friends, Jayme and Raven, down on Congress Street

9: Fontainebleau State Park

Day 6:


Mark and Dana did some collecting at coastal Fontainebleau State Park in  Louisiana during the Thanksgiving holiday.

10: Heading South

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12: Heading West

13: Pensacola Florida

Day 19:

Here's Mark in Pensacola, still hot on the Bartram Trail.

14: Gulf Shores Alabama

Day 15:

The team stopped into Gulf Shores before their fated foray into the Alabama swamps.

15: Stockton Alabama

Day 14:

Mark posing in front of a Bartram's Trail sign in Stockton.

16: Bayou Sauvage

Day 9:

Getting to the swamp in southern louisiana can be challenging. Bayou Sauvage and other access points remain closed as the result of severe hurricane damage. However, on Honey Island we caught a glimpse of cypress swamp at twilight.

17: Heading East

18: Heading Northeast

19: Heading East

20: Manatee Springs

Day 22:


There were no opportunities for gator wrestling, but Mark still made the best of it in Manatee Springs.

21: Heading Southeast

22: Home

The team is resting up after their first trip south.

23: Heading North

24: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Mark's new installation, The Octagon Room, opened at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery on February 15th.

25: Cabinet Installation at Bartram's

The team assembled to set up the first batch of Mark's cabinets in Bartram's house.

26: New Smynra Beach

Mark and Dana stopped on the trail to do some plant finding in New Smyrna Beach.

27: Flea World

28: Safari in the Animal Kingdom

During their stay down south, the team assembled for a stroll through the Mouse's zoo.

29: Bartram's Garden