Floating Points: Observing the Plastisphere with NASA
November 9 - December 10, 2023
Reception: November 9, 5:30-7:30 pm
Gallery Talk, November 9 at 6:30pm
An exhibition of photography by Oskar Landi in collaboration with Avery Point Marine Sciences Professor and Researcher Dr. Heidi Dierssen and NASA.
For the Gallery Talk at the opening reception, Oskar Landi will introduce his photographic and video work and Dr. Dierssen will explain the challenges in detecting the billions of pieces of microplastics floating on the open ocean from NASA’s arsenal of ocean observing satellites.
The exhibition will promote environmental literacy about microplastics and highlight the quest to track floating plastics using optical remote sensing from satellites. It will present the challenges of “seeing” particles on the sea surface from space because of foam, glint, aerosols, and other things that can mask or even mimic the appearance of floating microplastics. The exhibition will demonstrate a two-way collaborative dialogue between art and science—the science informing the art and the art informing the science. Image: Slit Grid, Oskar Landi
AVS Gallery, Branford House, 2nd floor.
UConn Avery Point campus, 1084 Shennecossett Rd. Groton.
For more information, contact: Jeanne Ciravolo at jeanne.ciravolo@uconn.edu