ART+OCEANS

Tackling the complexities of our changing marine environment, artists and scientists have collaborated for several months to produce new generative interactions between art and science. They have created final works that interpret and extend science research in new contexts for this exhibition 'ART + OCEANS' in the H D Skinner Annex, 2018.

The work in 'ART + OCEANS’ is exceptionally diverse, including a wide range of visual and acoustic art as well as live performance and community generated artwork from a satellite project ('Oko Moana') associated with the 2018 Dunedin International Science Festival.

This large group exhibition represents collaborative work from 29 artists (including graduates, staff and senior students of the Schools of Art, Design and Creative Studies at Otago Polytechnic and Te Wānganga o Aotearoa) and 20 scientists from the University of Otago (from Surveying, Physics, Anatomy, Chemistry, Botany, Marine Science, Zoology, Te Koronga (Indigenous Science) Physical Education), as well as the Cawthron Institute, Landcare Research, NIWA and the University of British Columbia.

Several national research programmes are represented, including CARIM (Coastal Acidification- Rate, Impacts & Management) and the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge. As part of its commitment to public outreach the Sustainable Seas Challenge has provided support for a component of the artworks in 'ART + OCEANS' to be transportable, to enable some of the exhibition to travel.

For any queries please contact Pam McKinlay and Jenny Rock