University/Organization
School of Access Education
Central Queensland University
Gladstone, Queensland
Australia
School of Education and the Arts
Central Queensland University
Gladstone, Queensland
Australia
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Central Queensland University
Gladstone, Queensland
Australia
Title
SEAGRASS AND ALUMINIUM ARE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: A SCIENCE-ART COLLABORATION VIA THE POWER OF STEAM
Synopsis
This paper describes the collaboration of a project team consisting of two educators, an artist and a scientist who are producing a community event in the form of an art-science installation. The public event has not yet happened, but the journey to arrive at an unveiling of public art is well documented. The reasoning for undertaking the journey is a belief in the arts being a conduit to communicate science knowledge, thus shaping the way a community views their environment.