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Say hello to the new Art-Science Fellow at Woodwell Climate Reserach Centre! so happy & honoured! In the last couple of years I’ve collaborated more and more with scientists and it has brought me so much joy and shifted my art in a different direction that I could have never conceived before I started on this way. I’m so thankful for all their openness and support. To now receive this recognition of this fellowship is just so amazing. Thanks!

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Troubled Ground

Last week of the „In Flux: Perspectives on Arctic Change“ exhibition at Highfield Hall where you can see our installation Troubled Ground, a work about permafrost thaw and how it changes the landscape. I will be there in person on Thursday 11, 5.30-7.30pm for a panel discussion with Jennifer Watts and other Woodwell Climate Research Center scientists and artists to talk about art and science collaborations in face of the climate crises.

https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/…/in-flux…

It would be lovely to see you!

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carte noire

is part of Labocine’s June 2024 Issue : Infrastructural Beings

This film series centers on the vital interconnections that form our built environments, from imposing giants to the often intangible elements that shape our landscapes and mediate our daily lives. In the age of the Anthropocene, these ‚infrastructural beings’—networks of human and non-human spatialized materialities—appear as outsized mosaics, born out of decimation and extraction, some abandoned and others taking shape. They reflect not only the sheer accumulation of concrete, cables, and conduits, and the excavation of the earth in pursuit of energy, but also collective and ruptured histories, subjectivities, and politics.

From dozens of countries and vantage points, filmmakers in this series explore infrastructure through experimentation and research, science fiction, large productions, video art, dance, animation, and architectural renderings. Its a diversity that captures the vastness of infrastructure—its elusive, subjective impacts, meanings, and practices, and its global patterns and shared identities.

Curated by Veronica Jacome

https://www.labocine.com/issues/infrastructural-beings

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Troubled Ground

I’m very happy that from May 21 – July 14 you can see glimpses of Karl Lemieux’s and my permafrost thaw artistic research (sound by Nick Kuepfer) in the installation „Troubled Ground“ at

In Flux: Perspectives on Arctic Change

Woodwell Climate Research Center will sponsor an exhibition of new work based on Arctic research conducted by Woodwell scientists. Participating artists: Aaron Dysart, Georgia Nassikas, Gabrielle Russomagno, Michaela Grill & Karl Lemieux, and maps by Woodwell Senior Geospatial Analyst Greg Fiske will be shown together in the 1st and 2nd-floor galleries.

This inaugural exhibit by 4 Woodwell Visiting Artists and one staff member will feature the results of a collaboration between an artist and a Woodwell scientist conducting Arctic-based research. The subsequent artwork and public scientific and artist talks will illustrate the artists’ interpretation of data related to themes and objectives of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.); environmental monitoring; climate change; the geographic importance of the arctic, and the Boreal Forest. Climate change is the single greatest challenge of our lifetime, affecting every aspect of life on our planet. Combating this crisis requires science-based solutions that are both comprehensive in scope and societal in scale.

Artistic expression can help bridge the gap between facts and feelings by appealing directly to our emotions and our values while exploring the impacts of climate change and ways to address it. This collaborative project will illustrate through photography, sculptural pieces, and film, how art is important culturally as it is able to transmute complex information about the impact of climate change – that would otherwise not be comprehensible to the public – and reach large groups of people. Related panel discussions and speaker events will explore the connection between science and art and encourage public discourse around the climate crisis.

https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/…/in-flux…

Thanks for the amazing collaboration Jennifer Watts!