Artist Talk: The Rooted Sea

‘The Rooted Sea: Halophytic Futures’ is an interdisciplinary inquiry into the fragile and endangered coastal ecosystems and wetland habitats of India and Scotland, and their vital role in building resilience to climate change. The project is led by multidisciplinary artist & researcher Sonia Mehra Chawla and creative producer Miriam Walsh (Managing Director, ASCUS Art & Science) in collaboration with Ray Interactive.

This event includes a film teaser screening, followed by an artist’s talk and conversation between Sonia, Miriam and Dr Keira Tucker (ASCUS Lab Manager). Join us as we delve into the process of the making of the project and film, and hear from the artist herself as she asks ‘How can we leverage the power of science, technology, and the arts in a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach to help give coastal wetlands and their microbial worlds a warming, collective voice? How can we build a system that puts care-based labour at the core of an entangled more-than-human biosphere?’

The project and immersive video installation was recently launched at the mega art, science and technology exhibition ‘Driving the Human’ at Radialsystem Berlin. (A joint initiative of ZKM | Museum & Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Forecast Berlin, acatech and HfG Karlsruhe)