EXIT, 2008-2015

DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO: EXIT In an immersive, 360-degree installation, EXIT visually correlates global human migratory trends with urgent social and economic issues. Data gathered from over one hundred sources is geocoded, processed through a programming language, and presented visually by a rotating globe that translates statistics into maps, texts, and trajectories as it orbits…

ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2017

ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2017 is a festival of provocative climate change related arts and ideas. It provides a platform for the discussion of the challenges, opportunities, impacts, and solutions associated with climate change. Here are some of the events coming up in the next ten days: CHANGE MAKERS, PLANET SHAKERS: FORUM & SOUTHERN ECONOMIES EXHIBITION OPENING   From artist and…

The Ocean Inside

Canadian Artist Eveline Kolijn, friend of Lynchpin for some years now, presents new work along familiar themes: The Ocean Inside. We are Water : view promotional material Arts Commons Presents Ledge Gallery, Calgary Arts Commons Presents The Ocean Inside, an installation of printmaking and sculpture that explores nature, water, and our biosphere in The Ledge Gallery by Calgary-based…

from the CSIRO Blog – watch   Oceans, the blue frontier. Teeming with life that is weird, wonderful and often unseen due to distance and depth. Helping to unlock the mysteries of life above and below the waves, Investigator voyages provide an important opportunity to collect information about the distribution and abundance of life – big and…

‪I am the Ocean – arts and sciences to move from ocean literacy to passion for the ocean Recent events in world politics demonstrate that a part of society has lost faith in their institutions. The importance of facts and evidence in citizens’ decision making is weakened by opinions and belief systems. This post-fact or…

More on the Great Barrier Reef

  State of the Great Barrier Reef Listen(Link will open in new window) Download It appears that the effects of Cyclone Debbie could further devastate the reef, already in grave danger from coral bleaching.

Deepspace

Deepspace Follow the work of James Batchelor further into Deepspace.  

Backscatter – the Voyage of the Investigator

Backscatter – read the introduction and background from Prof Mike Coffin, IMAS. Richard Arculus Pete Harmsen Annalise Rees Charles Tambiah James Batchelor more information see here   In physics, backscatter (or backscattering) is the reflection of waves, particles, or signals back to the direction from which they came. It is a diffuse reflection due to scattering, as…

Earth from Space

Published on Aug 12, 2015 Documentary Universe 2015 – Earth From Space Full HD 1080p – BBC Documentary 2015 Please take time to watch this truly amazing documentary  – find out the links between ancient diatoms in the dust rising from the deserts of Saharan Africa and the flourishing of the Amazon Jungle; learn more about the…

Australian Story With early signs the Great Barrier Reef may be bleaching again, this episode tells the timely story of a scientist’s passion and determination to save some of the world’s great coral reefs from extinction. Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is at the forefront of a bold new global plan to combat the devastating effects of…