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Karen Holmberg (*This Is Not A Drill* Fellow), Pierre Puentes, Andres Burbano

Visualizing....Art-Science of the Future, 2022
Wall panels, visual essay, iPad

Visualizing....Art-Science of the Future is the first of three visual essays created by the authors for .able and is based on evocative data from a prehistoric rock art cave under a recently-erupted volcano in Patagonian Chile. It traces the trajectory of the community before, during, and after the catastrophic eruption of the Chaitén volcano in 2008. While it was the site of an environmental disaster, the town of Chaitén is now a site of renewal and regeneration. Through views of varying time spans of the past, the project seeks new ways to visualize the future. In particular, it desires to infuse and renew the sense of wonder those who carefully observe the natural world (through indigenous, scientific, or Other eyes) tend to feel for the geophysical planet.

.able is a soon-to-launch, free, image-based journal at the intersections of art, design, and the sciences that addresses the complex societal and environmental challenges of our contemporary context. It highlights, through imagery, practice-based research that explores current issues through aesthetic experience.