Oceanic: Imaging Ocean Climate Change Workshop
University of Ottawa, Canada
February 16th-18th, 2017
This workshop seeks to address how the visualization of the ocean – a largely ‘mono’, magnanimous entity whose eco-systems and connectivity to the well-being of the planet is largely ‘invisible’, can assist in the caring of the ocean. A critical dialogue between the visual arts, conservation and environmental science can be effective in re-framing these challenges as both scientific and cultural concerns pertinent to broader audiences. This workshop will query whether it is possible to bring into play trans-disciplinary and transcultural perspectives that will aid in a new visual reading of the ocean as in crisis. If so, what methodological paths might they take and what forms would those same outcomes comprise of?
Mark Dion, Ichthyosaurus, 2003.
Synthetic Ichthyosaurus, backdrop, miscellaneous objects, sand, rocks. Approx. 78 x 118 x 118 inches; 200 x 300 x 300 cm. Installation view at South London Gallery, London, 2005.
Courtesy, the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
—List of Participants—
David Rothenberg
Professor of Philosophy and Music, New Jersey Institute of Technology
https://davidrothenberg.wordpress.com
www.survivalofthebeautiful.com
Noé Sardet
Filmmaker & Environmentalist, Montreal, Canada
http://parafilms.com/noe-sardet/
http://parafilms.com/portfolio/the-plankton-chronicles/
Noé will skype in from an expedition in Antarctica
Christian Sardet
Biologist, France
http://www.planktonchronicles.org
Wayne Sentman
Biologist, Naturalist, Ocean Advocate, USA
Director of Conservation Travel Programs, Oceanic Society
http://www.oceanicsociety.org/
Susanne Winterling
Artist, Berlin/Oslo
Professor of Contemporary Art, The Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
http://www.susannewinterling.com
http://shelterthelighthouse.tumblr.com/
http://pandorasbox.susannewinterling.com/
Jon Bonfiglio
The Ninth Wave
https://www.ninthwaveglobal.com/
Mark Dion
Artist & Ocean Advocate
http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/mark-dion/series
Dianna Cohen
CEO, Plastic Pollution Coalition
http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org
Celina Jeffery
Associate Professor History and Theory of Art, University of Ottawa
Pam Longobardi
Distinguished University Professor of Art, GSU Atlanta
Adrian Parr
Professor and Director of The Charles Phelps Taft Research Center
UNESCO Water Chair
https://globalcenterforadvancedstudies.org/member/adrian-parr/