Neil Zusman is the chief archivist of the Fracking Resource Guide and Earthstage: Palau Edition. He holds a Master of Arts in Humanities (1990) and a Master of Library Science (2007) from the University at Buffalo. He is the managing member of Mixplex LLC and has exhibited video art since 1976. His work bridges archival practice, media art, and software development. From 1983 to 1992, he curated exhibitions of artists working with computers, supported by grants from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Meet the Composer. He has worked as an educator at both the college and middle school levels and continues to develop his practice as a software developer, artist, archivist, and videographer.
This video requires deeper listening.
Soothing, melodic, projecting fairness to the generally unseen.
Out Walking began even before 2022 and was recorded on an iPhone.
I took long walks in upstate New York to connect to the Earth.
Deeper Listening began when I slowed things down to watch and listen closely.
Getting lost outside…I built an archive for anyone to get lost inside…
What every good library should aim for.
To find what you didn’t know you were looking for.
Neil’s Mellow Pad aligns with the intention of Earthstage: to attend to the living world as active presence—complex, fragile, and ongoing. These fragments are not arguments. They are acts of attention.
Source: Mixplex (2026) Read More
The Cornell University Law School – 2011 Energy Conference (March 31-April 2, 2011) explored, among other topics, the legal issues associated with natural gas drilling and energy policy, different scientific perspectives on how clean and sustainable natural gas is, alternative clean energy sources, and the potential risks and benefits of shale gas development in Upstate New York.
Source: YouTube (2011) Read More
Hydrofracking’s proposed a massive industrial transformation on a huge swath of rural Northeastern U.S. It has divided communities and sparked an intense public debate about science, economics, law making and enforcement. Under the Surface tells the story of the Marcellus Gas Rush and is written by Tom Wilber, a newspaper reporter who covered the environmental beat for Binghamton, N.Y.’s Press & Sun Bulletin. Recommended!
Source: Cornell University Press (2012) Read More
A curated collection of bibliographic resources, government documents, letters, and video investigations serves as a crash course in fracking.
Source: Neil Zusman (2010) Read More