Anastasia Tyurina (Griffith University, Australia)

anastasia.tyurina@griffithuni.edu.au

http://www.gccar.com.au/griffith-centre-for-creative-arts-research/members/higher-degree-research/anastasia-tyurina

Abstract

Stormwater runoff from urban areas transporting sediments and nutrients is a big problem of the management of water in cities. Modern sewerage networks designed to move industrial and human waste away from urban areas are not always capable of transporting the tons of polluted stormwater which, in turn, causes serious flooding This is a challenging problem of science and technology. There is, therefore, an opportunity to explore some concerns related to the environmental impact of water pollution in an artistic context. The author proposes her artistic photomicrographs of micro-scale drops of water from urban waterways after evaporation fuses science and technology with art. She uses Scanning Electron Microscope as a medium and does so in an attempt to discover morphological features of the patterns related to water contamination. Scientific photography used as a creative art form has a potential to communicate issues related to the ecological management of water to the general public.

Keywords

Photomicrography, scanning electron microscope, art &science, ecological management of water.

Paper

Water Under Investigation: Artistic Photomicrography as an Alternative Approach to Understanding Issues Related to the Ecological Management of Urban Water Resources