Interdisciplinary Approaches 1
- katieiwatk
- Nov 14, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 18, 2024
Marine Science and Art
There are many different research opportunities within marine biology.. from collecting material on land, scuba diving with specialist observational equipment and operating research equipment from a remote location. This training is said to be intense but beneficial to the discovery of new information.
Materials break down over time e.g tyres. Sections break off and can get distributed into the environment. An example could be tyres wearing down, their particles drop on to roads and can get washed into grass areas and surrounding water. This is an unnatural material that takes a long time to decompose and produces negative emissions. Unnatural chemicals and particles are released and this harms the environment's natural state.
One creative aspect of this visit that interested me was the tiles produced to support biodiversity. These square tiles are made up of grooves and dents to create a space for living things. This increases the surface area availability massively in comparison to the previous flat walls. I was inspired to explore the impact of these materials existing in unintended locations. In response I created a small pen drawing displaying the sea as a pile of tires. This was an imaginative response that the future could look like without intervention.
To build onto this idea, I decided to turn this same drawing into a sticker with the intention to educate. Without writing, it’s still clear that the tyres don't really fit in well with the scene that they are in. Showing people that this is a real issue. The scene is in Plymouth, if seen the public would likely recognise the railings or setting.. Making this a more personal issue and more possible to prompt people to self educate in response.
The link between Marine Science and Art is interesting. Art can make technical information accessible and understandable. Interdisciplinary work can educate and promote positive changes.
Marine scientists use a variety of methods to build their research. From completing further research I became interested in Sonar Metric Imaging, The use of recording sound echoes to produce a grey-scale image. The information shown in the images may be unclear to an uneducated eye as they’re dark and blurry.
Drawing inspiration from this method, I turned a tyre design into a black ink etching completed on an empty cereal box cover. A loose reference to items that should end up in the bin ending up somewhere else. Unlike the Sonar Metric images, I kept the details defined, allowing the image to be easily recognisable. I experimented with altering the ink tone left on the box before printing to create areas of shading to complement the image or add visual effect.
Artist: Pejac
“he made a sobering statement about the importance of nature”
“choosing the right place, right context, and right medium or tools, for a certain message.”
The artist, Pajec’s piece “Heavy Sea” shows how people can negatively impact nature. The lifeguard's ring standing out amongst the grey and black murky colours make me think this was once a clean scene with boats or people swimming. From exploring pollution within Marine Science I can appreciate the simple symbolism to connect the layers of tyres to the increasing issues created by them.
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