Residencies INSIGHTS: Bridging art and science to raise awareness on environmental issues
Talk & Lecture
 

Panel discussion between Wang Ruobing, Artist-in-Residence, and Kyle Morgan, Assistant Professor, Earth Observatory of Singapore and Asian School of the Environment, NTU. Moderated by Ute Meta Bauer (Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore, and Professor, NTU ADM).

Residencies INSIGHTS:
Bridging art and science to raise awareness on environmental issues

Saturday, 14 January 2023 · 3:00 - 4:30 PM

This session of Residencies Insights tells the story of how a scientist and an artist are willing to turn trash into treasure, and of how mud collected during scientific experiments can become a work of art. Discover how this ongoing collaboration is shedding light on the often discarded and neglected pieces of our marine environment. Scientist Kyle Morgan of the NTU’s Earth Observatory of Singapore regularly collects suspended sediments from Singapore’s waters as part of his research to understand local ocean conditions and the resilience of corals. What typically ends up in a storage unit became Artist-in-Residence Wang Ruobing’s treasure as she started experimenting with the mud to create paintings and immersive experiences. This engaging conversation on the necessity to bring together science and the arts to raise awareness about environmental issues and sustainability will be moderated by the Centre’s Founding Director, Ute Meta Bauer.

14 January 2023
3.00 – 4.30pm
Block 37 Malan Road, #01-04
Singapore 109452

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Part of Residencies OPEN x SAW.

Contributors
Kyle Morgan
Kyle Morgan
Speaker
Singapore

Kyle Morgan is a Nanyang Assistant Professor and National Research Foundation Fellow at the Asian School of Environment and a Principal Investigator at the Earth Observatory of Singapore. He leads the Coral Reef Geomorphology group at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, which aims to better understand how reef structures and their ecologies provide coastal resilience in Southeast Asia.

Kyle is an inter-disciplinary researcher with degrees in marine biology and coastal geomorphology, and a PhD in marine science. Following his PhD, he was a Research Fellow in the UK investigating the coral ecology and geological evolution of the Great Barrier Reef. In 2017, Kyle moved to NTU to examine the effects of sedimentation on Singapore’s coral reefs, before being awarded the AXA Research Fund and NTU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2019 to study the impact of human activities on coral reefs in Southeast Asia. Kyle spends his days either diving in Singapore’s waters to monitor ocean conditions and how coral reefs grow, in the lab at NTU where he conducts a range of experiments, or engaging with students, other researchers, and the public.

Wang Ruobing
Wang Ruobing
Artist
Singapore

Committed to exploring new ways of seeing and methods of knowledge production, the artistic practice of Dr Wang Ruobing (b. 1975, China) stretches from drawing to photography, sculpture, kinetic art, and installation. With a diverse range of methodological approaches to present her ideas, her body of work addresses environmental issues and transcultural discourses on identity and hybridity. Her work has been presented in venues such as Yuan Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing, China (2019), The Esplanade– Theatres on the Bay, Singapore (2021, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011, 2004), The Substation, Singapore (2019, 2004, 2003, 1999), and EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art, Limerick, (2010) among other venues. Ruobing is also an educator, independent curator, and the co-founder of Comma Space (逗号空间), an artist-run experimental platform that ‘creates thinking spaces between commas’. She holds a Ph.D. in Fine Art from Oxford University, United Kingdom.