Reservoir opens at Rosalux

Collaborative exhibition with Emily Dzieweczynski at Rosalux Gallery runs March 7-29, 2020, Opening Reception Saturday, March 7, 7-10 pm.

FYI due to COVID-19 Rosalux is currently closed, please contact me if you have any questions about the exhibition. I look forward to the day I can share work with you in-person again! See some of the work here.

As a collaborative team, Betsy Ruth Byers and Emily Dzieweczynski pair glaciological and psychological research to create interactive and immersive art spaces that promote empathy between humans and the environment. Their current work employs virtual reality and sensory stimuli to place viewers in distressed environments of receding glaciers. Reservoir explores the impact of climate change on the hydrological system at Volcán Cayambe in Ecuador. Byers and Dzieweczynski use auditory, olfactory, and visual characteristics observed at the Hermoso glacier on Cayambe during a National Science Foundation research trip in June of 2019 to offer viewers a bodily experience of the tropical glacier.

The work in this exhibition is  supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1758854. The interdisciplinary team consists of principal investigators Dr. Jeff LaFrenierre, Dr. Crystal Ng, Dr. Daniel Stanton, Dr. Andrew Wickert, and Dr. Li Li. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the artists and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.