Interdisciplinary palimpsest: visual representations of coastal change combining digital craft and geomorphology

Isabelle J. Risner, Larissa A. Naylor, Justin G. Marshall

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    Abstract

    From rocks to clay, a shared interest in natural materials and their physical transformation provided the initial common ground for an interdisciplinary art-geoscience collaborative project that also opened up a novel and engaging public communication channel. Scientific data collected for a location-based geomorphology mapping project was collaboratively re-interpreted and re-presented as a craft installation by using digital technologies and hand-crafted processes. The project explored how creative practice can uncover and broaden narratives, layering interpretations whilst respecting and embracing the need for accurate visual representation of scientific data. As the practice-based element of a broader digital craft PhD research programme, the project effectively demonstrated an enlarged field of practice for digital craft. The collaboration resulted in a large-scale, porcelain panelled, wall-mounted installation for public exhibition and has led to subsequent significant unforeseen developments in the scope and outlook of research work undertaken by the collaborators. This paper reflects on the synergies between disciplines that were uncovered and how project challenges were met. We conclude that the project work acted as a ‘boundary object’ for the two collaborating parties, able to represent different values and fulfil different objectives for each party at the same time, while also moving forward practice for both.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)31-38
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of Maps
    Volume15
    Issue number3
    Early online date24 Mar 2019
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2019

    Keywords

    • Interdisciplinary
    • geomorphology
    • art-geoscience
    • coastal change
    • digital craft

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