fluxART: Experiencing Earth system science through art
Julia Oldham
7:00 – 8:30 pm MDT
FLUXNET is a global network of research towers equipped with specialized sensors. Together, these towers measure the exchange of energy, water, and carbon between the land and atmosphere–collecting data that NSF NCAR scientists use to model our Earth system. But what if you could feel and embody these processes through art?
Join us for an Explorer Series special event where NSF NCAR Faculty Fellow Maoya Bassiouni presents a fluxART experience along with artists Julia Oldham and Mallery Quetawki. They will share multimedia artworks and creative insights from a year-long residency with FLUXNET.
Maoya Bassiouni
Maoya Bassiouni is an environmental scientist at UC Berkeley and a Faculty Fellow at the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. Her research examines how vegetation interacts with climate and how these interactions influence water, carbon, and energy exchanges from the soil, through plants and to the biosphere. Maoya is also an interdisciplinary artist and director of fluxART, an NSF funded residency blending artistic and scientific curiosity and practices to reimagine how we engage with Earth system sciences.
Julia Oldham
Julia Oldham is a digital media artist exploring the uneasy collision of nature and technology. She has a research intensive practice frequently involving scientists. Her creative practice adopts research tools and translates complex data into immersive experiences that unlock fresh curiosity about the living world. Through short films, graphic stories and print projects, Julia confronts her own conflicting feelings on human progress while envisioning speculative futures and new realities, always with tenderness and wit.
Mallery Quetawki
Mallery Quetawki is a visual artist and Communication & Outreach Specialist with University of New Mexico’s Community Environmental Health Program. Trained in biology and art, she translates complex environmental research, such as uranium mining and dryland ecology, into culturally grounded teachings for Indigenous communities. Through her innovative approach, she advances environmental health literacy, ensuring vital scientific information is accessible, meaningful, and empowering for Native communities.