2019 – The Algae Society

ICEBERGS: microplastics in the Arctic

by Algae Society members and Group de Investigation Arte, Technolgia y Comprimiso Social (AR-TE-CS)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid Graduate Student Work

A selection of work curated for the Drift & Migrate/Fluir & Migrar in Madrid, Spain in 2019

Desert Algae

Stop motion animation inspired by Dr. Juniper Harrower’s desert ecology research and Dr. Valerie Flechtner’s algal research in Joshua Tree National Park.

Fieldwork: Reverberating Futures

Explores human and non-human entanglements of wonder. From Hillary’s situated location – an island in the middle of the Pacific, Southern and Indian oceans, this work engages with narratives of the ocean.

Ebb & Flow

Climate change through the lenses of Art & Science, extending from mid-July through mid-September 2019. This Summer research trip had multiple purposes including an exploration of aquatic ecosystems from our headwaters to our oceans, from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast and back again.

Bleaching Pocillopora

Climate change is the greatest global threat to coral reef ecosystems. Scientific evidence now clearly indicates that the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean are warming, and that these changes are primarily due to greenhouse gases derived from human activities.

Cyanovisions

A transdisciplinary project combining video and bioart to explore narratives of human identity, symbioses with other species, and our rapidly changing environment and bodies in an era of climate change.

Bloom or Bust

A video of drifting images plucked from the internet reflecting an algal bloom or algae bloom as a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems, and is often recognized by the discoloration in the water from their pigments.

Painting Performance with Algae

algae oil and powder to create the organic shapes of algal cells found under microscopes and in natural settings. The beginning pieces symbolize healthy algal ecosystems while the later paintings take on the coloration of toxic algal blooms demonstrating a spectrum of different environmental states and the impacts of negative human influence.

Cyanotype Impressions of the Atlantic Ocean in Maine

Follows Atkins’ process for washing, pressing, drying and printing seaweed found in the ocean near her home in Maine.