This is my second blog regarding my residency at Joya: Arte + Ecologia. My previous blog explored 'land & environmental art'. I am particularly interested in the relationship between the map and the terrain, and this blog focuses on mapping Joya - starting with Joya’s longitude & latitude: 37.763696, 2.070142.
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Beckmann, S. (ongoing) Sistemas Efímeros. Image credit: Simon Beckmann
Early thoughts on art, science and impact in policy
An early blog on concepts, artworks and resources for my dissertation at Central St Martins, which was: Can art help in the translation of science to policy?
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Extract from ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Arial Views of Titan Around the Huygens Landing Site (2015).Source: http://sci.esa.int/science-e-media/img/2b/Titan-DISR-5altitudes-composite.jpe
Planet surfaces & our environment (ahead of Lumen Residency)
Which other planets and moons have we been to - and what can it tell us about our planet?
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/17/receding-glacier-causes-immense-canadian-river-to-vanish-in-four-days-climate-change
Climate change research: memory, adaptation
Some ideas connecting climate change and memory. This seems to pivot around human experience and interaction with climate change, so have also included some maps on adaptive capacity/vulnerability to climate change. These ideas were developed ahead of the Imperial Science Festival event, although ultimately not used then. Storing them for a later time...
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