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Life at the Edge:
The Art and Science of Marine Ecology

June 11th, 2021

Join guest speakers Mollie Thurman, Carolyn Hall, Simone Johnson, and Sarah Cameron Sunde as they explore all sorts of fascinating sea creatures! We will investigate their animal behavior and also take a cool look through the microscope to uncover a whole new perspective of marine life!

Guest Speakers

Mollie Thurman

Marine Ecologist

Mollie Thurman, M.A., Chief Scientist, joined the BioBus team in 2014 after studying urban ecology for many years. She attended Mount Holyoke College, joined a research group at the Harvard School of Public Health, and then earned an M.A. from Columbia University. Since joining the BioBus, she has worked to involve students in furthering our understanding of the ecology of NYC’s shorelines and developed new programs and curriculum.

Carolyn Hall

Marine Ecologist

Carolyn Hall is a marine ecologist, dancer, and science communicator. Her practice is centered around deep coastal ecology and climate change research that she shares with the public in interactive, embodied, art-involved experiences to help make science more relatable, memorable, and inspiring.

Simone Johnson

Interdisciplinary Artist

Simone Johnson is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and cultural worker based in NYC.

Clarinda Mac Low

Artist and Director of Culture Push

Clarinda Mac Low creates participatory art and events that investigate how we live together and how we experience climate crisis. Mac Low directs Culture Push, an experimental organization that links artistic practice and civic engagement, and co-Director of Works on Water, a triennial that supports art that works on, in or with water and waterways and is one half of Sunk Shore.

Sarah Cameron Sunde

Interdisciplinary Artist

Sarah Cameron Sunde is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist and director, working at the intersection of performance, video, and public art, investigating scale and duration in relationship to the human body, our environment, and deep time. It has been seen/experienced in New York, Minneapolis, Chicago, and San Francisco, and presented internationally in Norway, Netherlands, Bangladesh, China, Uganda, Iraqi Kurdistan, the UAE, Brazil, and Kenya. Residencies include LMCC Workspace Watermill Center, Baryshnikov Art Center. Honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, two MAP Fund grants, two Princess Grace Foundation Awards, Creative Climate Award. B.A. in Theater from UCLA; MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice from The City College of New York, CUNY. www.SarahCameronSunde.com + www.36pt5.org (http://www.36pt5.org/)

Question Index

1. 8:40 - How often do you discover marine life that you haven't seen before (or something that you didn't know about while studying it)? 2. 10:50 - Have you ever found an octopus in the tide pool? 3. 11:43 - Have you ever found any dangerous animals? 4. 12:50 - Have you ever found a cone snail or lionfish? 5. 38:38 - What was moving really fast on the shrimp's belly? 6. 39:50 - What would happen if the hermit crabs aren't able to find a shell? Would they be vulnerable to predators? If so, what would they do to hide themselves? 7. 44:02 - Why is the organism called a blue mussel and not a black, white, brown mussel"? 8. 45:08 - What are the predators of a blue mussel? 9. 46:25 - What are those 'little insects' in the microscope?
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