Project description
The flow of the oceans influences many processes in ecosystems of the sea across the globe which affect all life forms in the sea. Ocean Connection is based on Kristin Bergaust’s artistic research project Oslofjord Ecologies. In collaboration with Guillermo García-Sánchez, Bergaust will investigate how mathematic modelling of sea currents can let us relate to the fjord and its living processes and lifeforms from perspectives not available to our human perceptions. Could we learn to use our senses to connect more deeply to the environment by employing knowledge and technology to experience what we can’t sense through art?
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Ocean Connections website.
Image by Guillermo García-Sánchez using Lagrangian Descriptors. The featured figure depicts the Gulf Stream on February 15, 2022, covering a length of 1100 km. It utilizes the Operational Mercator global ocean analysis and forecast system (https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00016) to generate this visualization. By employing Lagrangian Descriptors, a mathematical tool capable of highlighting LCS in any flow, this representation showcases the intricate geometrical representation of the Gulf Stream. Image inspired from A. M. Mancho, J. Curbelo, S. Wiggins, V.J. Garcia-Garrido, C. Mendoza Beautiful Geometries Underlying Ocean Nonlinear Processes. Chapter in the book. A Voyage Through Scales. Eds. Günter Blöschl, Hans Thybo, Hubert Savenije, Lois Lammerhuber. Publishers European Geophysical Union & Edition Lammerhuber (2015). Reference: [1] Mancho, A. M., Wiggins, S., Curbelo, J., et al. (2013). Lagrangian descriptors: A method for revealing phase space structures of general time-dependent dynamical systems. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 18.
Ocean Connections is benefiting from the generous support of the European Commission's department on Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
With thanks to:
Eli Rinde PhD marine biologist, senior researcher
NIVA Norwegian Research institute for water and the environment. Conversations and exchange of information about the state of the Oslo fjord since 2016
Professor emeritus Lars Peter Røed, Norwegian Meteorological Institute for data on the Oslo fjord
Institute of Marine Research photographs of Phytoplankton
Lars Naustvoll Research Scientist for information about phytoplankton bloom
FeLT project of OsloMet- Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslofjord Ecologies- Boel Christensen-Scheel, Venke Aure, Rasa Smite RIXC and contributing artists
Oslofjord Triennial: Camilla Dahl, Vibeke Hermanrud, Linn Ulvin, Mari Lassen Kamsvaag, Sidsel Aas
Historical illustrations by Ernst Haeckel
Artist and landscape architect Elin T. Sørensen PhD
Ana María Mancho, Principal Investigator CSIC for pioneering the foundations of Lagrangian Descriptors
Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT) for their support
Digital Earth Solutions S.L for their support
Joint Research Centre: Luc Feyen, Peter Salamon, Tom De Groeve, SciArt team, Big Data Analytics Platform. Nikos Kalligeris, Maria Kougioumtzi.
Meet the Team
Kristin Bergaust is an artist, researcher and professor at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design in OsloMet. Guillermo García-Sánchez is a Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT) in the Applied Mathematics department. Kristin and Guillermo first met and connected at the @SciArt Summer School on the topic of NaturArchy which took place in June 2022 at the JRC. Since then they have continued their collaboration to formulate a project proposal, a collaboration which also included a visit by Guillermo to the Oslo fjord with Kristin.