2025 Manufactured Ecosystems Exhibition
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2025 Manufactured Ecosystems Exhibition *
By: Dave Dowhaniuk
CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW
Explore the Manufactured Exosystems Program Guide and Educational Booklet
By Dave Dowhaniuk
Use the arrow keys on either side of the page slider to scroll through the program
Coming soon: Visit the Exhibition virtually!
GigaPan Technology:
Have you seen a GigaPan robot before? (check out their website: http://gigapan.com/)
We’ve teamed up with Dr. Alex Smith, at the University of Guelph, to learn about how to create ‘digital notebooks’ to document spaces that are ephemeral.
Check out more by Alex here: https://www.malexsmith.com/gigapans-and-field-videos.html
The small robot that you see attached to the tripod in the image is guiding the camera (small illuminated screen) around the space, taking hundreds of photographs. The path is a grid, 10 photos high by 40 photos around, each with overlapping borders. With all the photos collected, we’ll use software to ‘stitch’ the images together, matching the overlapping pixels to create a seamless photo-quilt.
Stay tuned! We’re still stitching ;)
Explore by Ecosystem Service:
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Pollination
Artist: Ele Willoughby
Supported by Ellen Richard and Rosemary Mosco.
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Photosynthesis
Artist: Yulia Shtern
Supported by Dawn R Bazely and Monique Cuillerier.
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Soil Formation
Artist: Amanda Lynx-Amour
Supported by Anibal Castillo, Dawn R Bazely, and Jennifer Gouge. -
Cultural Identity
Artist: Pablo Rios
Supported by Chinelo Onwualu and Karina Benessaiah. -
Biodiversity
Artist: Melanie Barnett
Supported by Dawn R Bazely, Alex Smith, and Sneha Subramanian Kanta. -
Climate Regulation
Artist: Amanda White
Supported by Claudia Rivera, Dawn R Bazely, and Sagan Yee.
The Manufactured Ecosystems exhibition showcases the dynamic collaboration between artists, scientists, and writers, exploring innovative approaches to climate adaptation and the future of ecosystems, and it’s just the beginning.
Stay tuned for our upcoming anthology set to be released this fall!
