The Haggerty Museum of Art exhibition Tomás Saraceno: Tangled Air, on view until May 21, aligns the work of internationally acclaimed artist Tomás Saraceno with the research of Dr. Somesh Roy, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Marquette University. Saraceno and Roy will engage in dialogue via Zoom at 11:45 a.m. (CT) on Thursday, March 30. Their conversation will explore air-polluting black carbon (commonly known as soot), its impact on climate change and public health, and the creative ways artists and scientists work together to inspire more mindful coexistence with the atmosphere. Register online participate.
Argentine-born, Berlin-based artist for more than two decades Tomas Saraceno has activated projects to rethink the co-creation of the atmosphere, with the goal of eliminating carbon emissions. Saraceno’s multidimensional practice – which engages local communities, scientific researchers and a studio team of designers, architects, anthropologists, biologists, engineers, art historians and musicians – aims to reorient our understanding of our place in the world, ultimately realizing that we exist as actors in a complex web of interconnected human and non-human forces.
Dr Somesh RoyHis work explores the mysteries of carbon black, which is formed during combustion. Black carbon, which is part of air pollution by fine particulate matter (PM2.5), contributes to climate change. Despite the ubiquitous presence of these tiny black particles in the air, our knowledge of the fundamental processes behind the formation and evolution of soot is still lacking. Working in the field of combustion and aerosol science, Dr. Roy studies the formation of soot at the atomic level in combustion systems, its dispersion at the atmospheric level and the mitigation of its impacts at the personal and social level.
The dialogue between Tómas Saraceno and Dr. Roy is part of the exhibition Tómas Saraceno: Tangled Air At Haggerty Art Museum.
