OCT 4 2022

The Bureau was interviewed by Dina Gachman in Smithsonian Magazine. Dina focused the article on our process and how we hold space for conversations around naming the heretofore unnamed emotions of living in a changing world. Click here to read Art Meets Science: How Two California Artists Can Help Personalize Your Eco-Grief in Smithsonian Magazine

Field Study #008, Artist as Citizen, USF

Field Study #008, Artist as Citizen, USF

Field Study #008, Artist as Citizen, USF:  On September 30 2015 the Bureau traveled to the University of San Francisco to conduct a field study #008 looking for words with students from Sasha Petrenko’s Artist as Citizen class. Here’s what we found: We collaborated with a bright group of people to create new words for the […]

Field Study #007, The Extinction Event

Field Study #007, The Extinction Event

Field Study #007, The Extinction salon On August 13, 2015, we traversed to the edge of the San Francisco Bay to “The Commons for Art and Social Change” in Fort Mason, to conduct Field Study #007 in search of words to express feelings, thoughts and experiences around the current extinction event for which we do not […]

Field Study #006, New York City

Field Study #006, New York City

Due to a water main break at the Sunview Luncheonette, our planned location Field Study 006, New York City July 8th, 2015 was held in the Beautiful 6th floor studio of Jessica Anne Schwartz on 10th and W. 26th in the very heart of Chelsea NYC. The Bureau went to New York looking for new […]

COP21 Talks in Paris

COP21 Talks in Paris

The Bureau of Linguistical Reality is thrilled to announce that we will officially be holding field studies and salons in Paris during the COP21 climate talks this November & December 2015! Thank you to all of our Directors, Executives, Chiefs, Wizars and ever growing Participants for making this happen. We are now seeking french translators, venues, […]

Field Study #002: Fresh Water, Drought and Farming

Field Study #002: Fresh Water, Drought and Farming

Another huge success, Field Study #002 differed from Field Study #001 somewhat in that instead of having conversations about a myriad of experiences individuals are having in the Anthropocene, the group drilled down and honed their energy to brainstorm optimal words for two particular phenomena. This may have been influenced by the composition of this Field Study weighing heavily […]

Field Study #001

Field Study #001

Our first Field Study/ Word making Salon was a tremendous success. Many feelings, emotions and ideas were shared and the beginnings of new words were generated. Words introduced and discussed include (but not limited to): The Next Testament – where we write our future future (inspired by the Old Testament & The New Testament but […]