OpenLab friends at BWRC, the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center, are excited to invite everyone to join them at their annual conference! “Science, Art, and the Climate Crisis Along the Brooklyn Waterfront” starts on Thursday, May 6th, at 6:30, and with two sessions on Friday, May 7th starting at 9am.
Learn more and register at bit.ly/BWRC2021
Didn’t have a chance to register? Find the event live here.
About this event
The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center announces its 2021 Annual Conference as the crisis of climate change reaches all corners of the globe — including the Brooklyn waterfront.
Early observations of the changes in the climate that have led to our current climate crisis were made by scientists; however, it has not been scientists alone who have addressed this crisis.
This year’s BWRC conference will explore the interdisciplinary ferment created by scientists, artists, activists, and others whose work grapples with our rapidly changing climate.
Bringing together a diverse array of scientists, artists and community members, we will discuss and learn from the integration of artistic practice and scientific inquiry as a method of addressing the climate crisis globally and locally along the Brooklyn waterfront.
Welcome, Roundtable Discussion, and Virtual Exhibit Tour
Join us on Thursday evening for an opening welcome and roundtable discussion exploring the intersections of art, science, and the climate crisis along the Brooklyn waterfront. The panelists — an artist, a scientist, a curator, and a photojournalist — will use the discussion to draw together the key issues of the conference and provide a broader framework for the following day’s sessions. As a closing activity, Elisa GutiĂ©rrez Eriksen will provide a virtual tour of the new exhibit, Common Frequencies, opening May 1st at BioBAT Art Space at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
Speakers:
- Reginald Blake (Moderator), Interim Associate Provost, Dean of Curriculum; Research and Co-Director, Center for Remote Sensing and Earth System Sciences, New York City College of Technology
- Jeannine Bardo, Artist, Founder / Artistic Director, Stand4 Gallery; Co-Founder / Co-Director, BioBAT Art Space
- Klaus Jacob, Geophysicist, Emeritus Research Professor, Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Mary Mattingly, Visual Artist
- Nathan Kensinger, Brooklyn-Based Photographer, Filmmaker, Artist, and Curator
Session #1: Learning at the Intersection
Focusing on educational initiatives along the Brooklyn Waterfront, this session will feature community-based organizations that use innovative, interdisciplinary, and place-based approaches across the arts and sciences to better understand and address climate change.
Speakers:
- Graciela Flores (Moderator), Science Educator; Founder, Kids Talk Science
- Beth Tuck, Executive Director, Genspace
- Eve Andrée Laramée, Professor, Art Department, Director, Dyson College Center for the Arts, Society, and Ecology, Pace University
- Isa Del Bello, Education Director, Environmental Education Center, Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Jasmin Alim, Education Manager, Genspace
Session #2: Working at the Intersection
Bringing together artists working in relationship to science, technology, and the environment, this session will highlight the creative integration of artistic practice and scientific inquiry as a method of making visible and addressing the climate crisis in new ways.
Speakers:
- Katherine Gressel (Moderator), Contemporary Curator, Old Stone House & Washington Park; Artist, Writer.
- Anna Lise Jensen, Artist; Co-Founder, Bike South Brooklyn
- Simone Johnson, Interdisciplinary artist, researcher and cultural worker
- Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Designer, Researcher, Storyteller; Illustrator, The New York Times
For more information: http://brooklynwaterfront.org/
The BWRC has a project profile on the OpenLab so you can join their project and follow along with their updates. Their website is actually on the CUNY Academic Commons, the OpenLab’s sibling platform that’s for everyone at CUNY to use. So the BWRC are visible both here and in the larger CUNY landscape–or seascape? You can find helpful information there, including their previous annual conference information.
BWRC also communicates a lot via Twitter–if you don’t follow @BklynWaterfront, now you can! They often mention @CityTechOpenLab in their tweets, so you might have noticed them if you already follow us. Feel free to live-tweet the event!
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