Blended Languages Although artists and scientists often work together for a visual rendering of scientific concepts and information, the work shown here seeks to build a bridge between intellectual and embodied understanding as artists and storytellers have done throughout history. Ice Interactions Samsel, Keisling Let Them Not Say Samsel and poet Jane Hishfield Between Melt & Memory Between Melt and Memory is a collaborative work between Francesca Samsel and Benjamin Keisling, an artistic perspective on research into the history of Greenland’s ice sheet. Video Link Tracing the Greenland Ice Sheet’s ice divide from the melting margins to its two‑mile‑thick summit 700 kilometers inland, Between Melt and Memory invites viewers to the in-between where geologic memory meets scientific foresight. The immersive, multi-sensory exhibition featuring glass and clay sculpture and projected visuals invites viewers to encounter the complexities of climate change through tactile forms, connection to the research sites and images from below the ice sheet. Based in scientific observations, here data are transformed via an artistic voice providing the opportunity for viewers to explore through science and metaphor while reflecting the changes within this fragile landscape. Samsel, Keisling Bedrock Summary and link Samsel, Keisling Interviewing Greenland’s Ice Sheet Interviews presents five specific events in the history of the Greenland’s ice sheet. “Interviews” is a multimodal art installation that seeks to provide viewers with an embodied understanding of glacial change. Although artists and scientists often work together for a visual rendering of scientific concepts and information, rarely do the two come together in a such a close-knit, equal collaboration, in which the germination of the idea and the weaving together of art and science result in an oeuvre in which the scientist explains the science to the artist and the artist gives the artistic view of the science itself, allowing the public to enter the art in order to see the science. The data remains the same, with two different media providing different interpretive perspectives. Samsel, Keisling Climate Prisms: The Arctic An interactive museum that explores and documents Arctic field researchers documenting conditions in teh Arctic seeking information to assist in creating more accurate climate models. It bridges scientific data from researchers with art to engage the public, featuring video clips and data visualizations of the changing Arctic environment. Samsel with Cathy Wilson, Geomorphologist and Linda Deck, Museum director
