Bending Horizons: Extreme Art Adventures

bending horizons is a multi-project-based initiative by award-winning artist dr. sarah jane pell. the mission is to engage and inspire an interdisciplinary view of human exploration with extreme art adventures. each project will be crowd-funded and available online for the widest interactivity. the first project aims is to create site-specific artistic responses on route to the summit of mt. everest, logging data and recording the explorers-view of the expedition with a 360degree hd camera. the team will arrive in kathmandu by 2 april 2015, summit and return safety by 3 june 2015. just six months after the biggest fatal avalanche on the mountains history, pell hopes to show the power of art to heal and reignite desires for exploration. the climbing team includes dr. sarah jane pell supported by five-time everest summiteer satyabarata dam in a private expedition with sherpa nim dorjee and sherpa mingma to the summit. they are accompanied by a research and documentary party to everest ba