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Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:00 AM

The artist as mad scientist

She is an intellectual and emotional storm. Her renowned public artworks are reshaping the ways we think about science. Activist, environmentalist and former rock promoter Natalie Jeremijenko turns the art world upside down.
By Kevin Berger

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  • Friday, June 23, 2006 12:00 PM

    bizarre names?! nonsense...

    Did anyone else feel sorry for Jeremijenko's children after reading the article? I know I did. The bizarre names, the life in chaos, the mother with far more ego than talent, the father who puts up with this madness.

    Why must people beat up on those with unusual names? I learned a harsh lesson myself when my kids, John and Mary, came home from school crying because the other kids were constantly teasing them for their strange monikers. In retrospect, both myself and my wife, Polymorphic Jurisprudence Halflife Kickstarter Xenocentrification Flashlight (nee Petulant) should have given them more conventional first names.

    —Emmanuel Gearbox Read Emmanuel Gearbox's other letters

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