Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion

Presented in conjunction with Serenades for Settling (Tending Ostreidae) by Stephanie Rothenberg and Suzanne Thorpe.

In this interdisciplinary panel discussion, artists Stephanie Rothenberg and Suzanne Thorpe, creators of the immersive multimedia installation Serenades for Settling in the Burchfield Project Space, will be joined by choreographer Anne Burnidge, UB Professor of Dance, and vocalist Tiffany DuMouchelle, UB Professor of Music to discuss their collaborative research bridging art and science .

Serenades for Settling engages marine traffic data from New York City’s East River and  underwater sound recordings to explore the dynamic relationship between human activity and the wellbeing of oysters. During its development, Burnidge and DuMouchelle collaborated with Rothenberg and Thorpe  to investigate how somatic movement and underwater sound studies can help us shift our terrestrial, earthbound ways of knowing and sensing—inviting us to “listen like oysters.”

The panel will offer insight into each participant’s creative practice and examine how interdisciplinary collaboration can generate new ways of thinking and creating. The discussion will also include an overview of the artists’ interdisciplinary creative process from acoustic field research conducted with the Billion Oyster Project in New York Harbor and studies on maritime traffic impact, to the design of sound-responsive robotic oysters and computer-generated visualizations of the city’s underwater ecosystem.

The artists will be available for tours of Serenades for Settling before and after the Panel Discussion.