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Shared Practice: Finding Creative and Scientific Intersections | Panel Discussion

Artwork highlighting ocean restoration was unveiled on the 20th anniversary of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Baugh-Sasaki talked more about the collaboration in comments following the artwork’s unveiling, followed by a panel discussion with EVP team member Mehr Kumar and other Stanford artists and scientists. They explored the similarities and differences between art and science research; the impact an artists' approach can have on scientific methodologies and communications; the impact scientific research can have on an artist's practice; and why multiple perspectives and vantage points are necessary for future solutions. In 2024 the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford’s Office of the Vice President for the Arts invited the first visiting artist for sustainability at Stanford, in recognition that addressing sustainability challenges will require multidisciplinary efforts. Bay Area sculptor and installation artist Mark Baugh-Sasaki, a Stanford alum, was selected to collaborate with scientists funded by the Woods Institute to explore how ocean sediment cores can inform ocean restoration. The research project, part of the Institute’s flagship Environmental Ventures Project (EVP) program, brought Baugh-Sasaki together with EVP team members who are examining sedimentary evidence of an ocean environment before Antarctic whaling fueled one of the largest ever removals of animal biomass from an ecosystem. Recorded October 30, 2024 Panel Discussion: Mark Baugh-Sasaki (MFA ’17) | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Inaugural Visiting Artist Mehr Kumar (BA, BS ’20) | Research Scientist, Hopkins Research Station (SDSS) Hideo Mabuchi | Professor of Applied Physics and Denning Family Director, Stanford Arts Institute Rob Jackson | Michelle and Kevin Douglas Provostial Professor, Earth System Science Moderator: Kim Beil | Stanford art historian, lecturer and ITALIC associate director Key Moments: 0:00:00 Opening remarks by Chris Field 0:00:53 Introduction by Ellen Oh 0:03:55 Mehr Kumar on the history of intensive whaling in the Southern Ocean 0:06:57 Understanding the ecosystem baseline from a sediment core 0:08:56 What does it mean to restore an ecosystem? 0:10:35 Why bring in art as its own research method? 0:11:52 Mark Baugh-Sasaki’s art practice 0:23:10 Shared interest in a hopeful approach 0:27:05 Collaborating on double-exposure photography 0:29:51 Interactive cores of seawater and iron filings 0:31:33 A virtual “core” of Mark and Mehr’s collaboration 0:33:00 Kim Beil introduces the panel speakers 0:34:04 What’s useful about having art and science in the toolkit? 0:38:01 How to determine whether a question is something that can be better answered by science or art? 0:40:51 Hideo Mabuchi and Rob Jackson react to the new art installations 0:43:02 Mark and Mehr discuss the origins of their collaboration 0:46:20 What kind of value does interdisciplinary collaboration bring? 0:49:15 What’s the opposite of art or science that sets out to prove a point? 0:52:15 Where are art and science similar? 0:55:00 What are the possibilities for the future? 0:59:26 What are the pathways to move this knowledge to action? 1:04:59 Does an ethic of optimism cause us to overlook real challenges? 1:09:40 How are other contemporary artists engaging with sustainability issues? 1:11:58 How Indigenous science informs artistic practice 1:16:40 Concluding remarks More details: https://events.stanford.edu/event/sha... See more upcoming events: https://woods.stanford.edu/events/woo... Visit our website: https://woods.stanford.edu/ Subscribe to our newsletter, People&Planet: https://bit.ly/3AeyDbB   / stanford-woods-institute-for-the-environment     / stanfordwoods