Amplifying Data Through Art

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November 20, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace Artists and scientists share a desire to make sense of the world around them, but they do so from different perspectives. - Rebecca Rustein - Amplifying Data Through Art With challenges such as overfishing, ocean acidification, and sea level rise rapidly changing our marine environments, it's more important than ever to help people understand and care about what's going on. To this end, artists are working with scientific data and translating complex concepts and new findings into visually stimulating, thought-provoking works. When Philadelphia-based artist Rebecca Rutstein was aboard the exploration vessel Nautilus last year, expedition leader Robert Ballard made an apt analogy she won't soon forget: "Exploring the deep ocean is like standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon in the dark. The artist can turn the light on." Here are five artists who are turning on lights, helping us look at scientific data differently. { read more } Be The Change Give yourself the gift of an hour to follow the rich visual threads in this stunning article. Then go out and see the world around you "with the lights turned on". COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News What It Means to Hold Space & 8 Tips to Do it Well How to Age Gracefully Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows Dying to Be Me A Reading List For The Spirit Why Be Kind? Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts 6 Habits of Hope DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,477 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More