'Troubled Waters' is a suite of interdisciplinary exhibitions and projects that consider the impact of human activity and climate change on natural and marine environments.
The program features the Australian premiere of British filmmaker John Akomfrah’s critically acclaimed Vertigo Sea, a large-scale video installation and poetic meditation on humanity's relationship with the sea, explored through the lens of slavery, whaling, refugee and environmental crises.
Georgia Wallace-Crabbe also presents the immersive five-channel film installation The Earth and the Elements, which explores ecological issues arising from the extraction and flow of mineral resources from Australia to China.
'River Journey' is a major new collaborative project between UNSW Science and UNSW Art & Design exploring the complexities of river ecosystems through sound, installation, photomedia and scientific method. This important collaboration between art and science addresses the impact of human activity on Australia’s aquatic environments from the perspectives of exhibiting artists Andrew Belletty, Nici Cumpston, Tamara Dean, Bonita Ely, and Janet Laurence, as well as a team of scientific researchers from UNSW’s Centre for Ecosystem Science led by Professor Richard Kingsford.
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Presented in association with National Science Week.
River Journey features Marine Mathematicians by Tamara Dean. The photo shows UNSW Coastal and Regional Oceanography Lab researchers Nina Ribbat, Dr Paulina Cetina-Heredia and Dr Amandine Schaeffer in the field at Sydney's Botany Bay.