Bad Outdoorsmen

Part reality show application, part travelogue, Bad Outdoorsmen documents a multi-year, multi-media installation project by the artists Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn. Traipsing through the woods of north Florida in handmade camouflage suits, the artists retrace the steps of influential environmentalists John Audubon, William Bartram, and John Muir while building a case for why they should be featured on the television show Alone. The resulting video, sculpture, and photography call into question the legacies of these outdoorsmen and the myths many in the United States tell about who belongs in the outdoors. Essays by Julie Dickover and Marcus Civin place the work within the broader contexts of tourism, capitalism, and settler colonialism and book design by Caleb Cain Marcus blends textile and print to bring the artists’ camouflage to the reader.

Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn are artists and educators who work collaboratively to explore the historical, cultural, and environmental impacts of so-called public land. Hargrave practices making fire with flint in Chattanooga, TN and Lynn hikes the backcountry of Tallahassee, FL.

Press:
Hyperallergic

Authors: Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn 
Essays: Julie Dickover and Marcus Civin
Design: Caleb Cain Marcus, Luminosity Lab

ISBN: 978-1-959684-10-7
Dimensions: 6.7 x 7.4 inches
Number of pages: 76 pages
Binding: Softcover Sewn