Connectivity
"In 2015, Australian Antarctic scientist Andrew Davidson explains how phytoplankton '...participate in setting our planet chemistry'. I record, trace and animate his gestures, and set the animation to a song improvised by musician Stephen Taberner as he plays double bass in our front yard. Stephen's song speaks of love and money and I imagine the dance of people around the world being part of the dance of phytoplankton."
Lisa Roberts 2020
"...So, the organisms I work with are... they have a value in their own right...
they are... as individuals they... can do some extraordinary things...
but really the most important roles they play are...
are when they are involved in... linking processes...
so... the contribution that they make to...
trophic levels...
you start off with small stuff that get eaten... by bigger stuff...
that transfers all the way through... to whales and seals and penguins...
and that sort of thing...
that goes from... from phytoplankton to... particulate matter...
that sinks out of the water...
it produces...
things like dimethyl sulphide...
which are a gas that goes into the atmosphere...
and forms clouds...
really the importance of these organisms...
they're beautiful in their own right...
as you know...
I'm sure you've seen some of them...
their primary importance is in fact...
in the way in which they participate...
in all the processes...
that actually set...
our planetary chemistry... and...
keep our ecology running...
and all those sorts of things."
Andrew Davidson 2015
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2023 England colonises Scotland Black houses |
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2021 Land management Water story |
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2021 Re-orienting Aspirations |
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2021 Plant Animal Relationships |
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2021 Re-connecting through Cultural arts |
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2020 Estuaries Freshwater in-flows |
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2020 Ocean Dance Poem Global ocean flows |
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2020 Spiral into time Ancient memory |
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2020 Global sea ice melting Poles heating |
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2019 Ocean Health Antarctic krill |
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2019 Connectivity Love and Money |
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2017 Icebreaker Science underpins spiritual connection |
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2017 Wake up Despierta!!! |
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2008 Antarctic Albatross Spiralling wind and ocean |
