Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/09/2018
All Day
Location
The Patching Zone
Categories
The ecological crisis is a human crisis. Oceans must not be considered as flat blue surfaces which serve as dropping holes where we can let vanish all our anthropogenic remains. There are vast amounts of organisms that live down there and some suffer pain from our waste and noise. Many are aware of mammals such as whales and dolphins and there have been discussions about the chemical and waste pollution. But – often ignored is the invisible and the inaudible environment to us that is deeply secluded. Therefore, in the Installation, the artists and scientis6ts created 3D enlarged plankton to be like whales. In addition, they amplify the noise as participants move closer to the animations to simulate how these organisms might experience and perceive this anthropogenic noise. This is a highly interdisciplinary artist led effort with biologists, chemists, nano-toxicologists and an animator all working together towards a common goal – to raise consciousness.
Noise Aquarium is a cooperation between Victoria Vesna, UCLA Art Sci Center; Alfred Vendl as well as Martina Fröschl, Science Visualization Lab Angewandte at the department Digital Art at the University of Applied Art with Ruth Schnell as Sponsor; Stephan Handschuh, VetCore-Facility for Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and Thomas Schwaha, Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna.
Noise Aquarium has been presented as a featured project at the WEB3D Art Gallery ON / OFF: 100101010 in Brisbane, Australia for the 22nd International Conference of 3D Web Technology on July 5-7th July 2017, on July 6, 2017 at the symposium on Fluid Visualisation and Sound Matters at the Angewandte Innovation Lab (AIL), as well at ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE in Manhattan Beach November 4, 2017 at the Mira Costa High School.
Noise Aquarium was also part of the two day mini-symposium I love life: Celebrating Biodiversity through Art and Science, 13-14th April 2018. Currently, Noise Aquarium will be screend as part of a programme on MAN (Media Art Nexus) at Nanyang Technological University Singapur throughout the year 2018, referring to the Symposium 2017. Further stations in 2018: The PASEO 2018, 14th September 2018; Balance/Unbalance, New Value Systems. Sustainability and social impact as drivers for value creation, annual converence by The Patching Zone, Rotterdam, 20-21th September 2018.
Photo: Victoria Vesna