Voyage to put the art into Antarctica
University students are ready to go to the ends of the earth to forge unique creative projects, including recreating the Aurora phenomenon
City University is sending a team of 23 undergraduates on a 21-day research expedition to Antarctica. Only the group is not made up of scientists, but creative media students.
The students will be collecting environmental and ecological data to turn into creative art forms, like animation, gaming and film.
"The Antarctica expedition enables artists, researchers and scientists to work together, interpreting environmental data into interesting visuals. It encourages students to create new knowledge across disciplines, and to cultivate the knowledge," said Professor Jeffrey Shaw, dean of the university's School of Creative Media.
The team will be led by associate professor Scott Hessels. "We are setting off into one of the planet's most remote landscapes, one among the most fragile and endangered," he said.
"The expedition will offer new insights into a sustainable future and help the public better understand environment issues."
Departing on December 14, the students will fly to Argentina where a boat will take them on to Antarctica.