Art and Biodiversity, Art and Physics, Art and Neuroscience, Art and the Visually Challenged

Art and Biodiversity

Worried Wings (2025-2026)
Biodiversity and water quality

Water is considered by people to be a sacred gift that is critical to their identity and existence, as well as being economically important. Worried wings is an art and science collaboration to create an interactive installation, a virtual reality platform, and educational citizen science workshops about freshwater biodiversity. Our aims are to help the public learn about environmental dna or e-dna and help scientists map the loss of biodiversity in local water sources, they can compare biodiversity information in an empathetic virtual reality experience from the point of view of a dragonfly. The project allows citizens to physically engage with data, and, add to the interactive installation. The effects of climate change through images, sounds, and storytelling are exchanged to raise awareness about our impacts on aquatic biodiversity.

Contact
Prof. Dr. Jill scott
+41 79 524 92 11
info@jillscott.org

Art and Physics

Atmosphere ONE

ATMOSPHERE ONE This is an environmental art team headed by Marille Hahne and Jill Scott to focus on the fact that the balance of molecular gases in our atmosphere is now our number one priority for future life and the sustainability of nature on our planet. Because of the need to raise public awareness after the PARIS Climate Change agreement, we are currently open for new collaborations. The project consists of 4 parts: 1) The water air-hydrogen cycle, 2) The oxygen – carbon cycle, 3) Vice versa – Photosynthesis and 4) The release and storage -the energy cycle (electricity) Please contact us if you are interested.

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Art and Neuroscience

Neuro_Eco_Media

The main challenge of Neuro_Eco_Media is to combine artistic and cultural interpretation with scientific process and evidence. Neuro_Eco_Media focuses on interpretative interactive constructions of sculptural models about our sensory perception with imbedded electronics, sound samples and interactive film segments based on actual scientific research. These projects are conceptually layered with cultural metaphors about the human condition and environmental issues.

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Art and the Visually Challenged

Eskin Research Group
2002 – ongoing

“The crust of the earth is our skin so we must work together and take care of it. Eskin stands for Eco-skin, Electronic Skin and Equality Skin.” – Jill Scott

Eskin is an ongoing series of performative tributes by visually challenged participants about nature and the re-wilding or re-design of our local environments. It is a unique process that gives these participants the chance to engage in our world of culture that is so visually dominant. It involves novel workshops, interactive electronic wearable interface and sound design, cross model interaction and public presentations based on the disciplines of media art, dance and local bio-diversity. We have invented a technical platform that encourages inclusion and local empowerment for those who want to be included in the debate on the physical effects of climate change and speak out about our pollution and energy use.

Eskin 5 Basel took place at the HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel) in Switzerland in 2019. It was the second collaborative performance with visually challenged persons that gives them a chance to be included in this debate. In Eskin 5 Basel, these participants, choreographers, scientific consultants and artists, presented five interlinked scenes on a unique stage with customized sound objects, interactive graphics, dancers, computer interaction and wearable technologies. The aim was to encourage the audience to be more pro-active about their affects on our environment. For more information see www.hek.ch

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