Visualizing Oceanography

Lisa Cartwright is Professor of Visual Arts, Communication and Science Studies, University of California, San Diego, USA. She is a founding member of the International Association of Visual Culture and the journal Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience.Nan Renner is Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships for Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceonagraphy, USA. She holds a PhD in cognitive science from the University of California at San Diego.Joe Riley is an artist, art historian, and environmental researcher who teaches art and science at California State University at San Marcos, USA. A 2025-6 fellow of the Getty Research Institute, he is completing a PhD at the University of California, San Diego, USA.

• Introduction: Oceanography’s Graphic Ocean, Lisa Cartwright (University of California, USA), Nan Renner (Scripps Institution of Oceonagraphy, USA), and Joe Riley (California State University at San Marcos, USA)1. Mosaic Ocean: Artforms of Observation at Scripps Pier, Melody Jue (University of California, USA) with Judit Hersko (California State University San Marcos, USA) and Jules Jaffe (UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)2. Through a Porcelain Cast: Sound, Shadows, and Zooplankton, Claudine Arendt with Sven Gastauer (Thünen Institute, Germany) and Mark D. Ohman (UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)3. Vessel Haptics: Through a Porcelain Cast, Clarissa Chevalier (University of California San Diego, USA)4. Between Tactile and Digital: Zooplankton, Visual Science Studies, and the Automation of Oceanographic Observation, Dante Capone (UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA) and Clarissa Chevalier (University of California San Diego, USA)5. Drawing Down the Microscope: Women in the Field of Plankton Visuality, Stephania Torres-Londono, Lisa Cartwright (University of California, USA), and Jeffrey Stuker (Artist, USA)6. Passengers of Change and the Ballast Bench, Joe Riley (California State University at San Marcos, USA), Audrey Snyder (Artist, USA), and Danielle McHaskell (UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)7. Pandemic Waves, Then and Now — Metaphorical, Mathematical, Modulated, David S. Jones (Harvard University, USA), Stefan Helmreich (MIT, USA), and Gabi Schaffzin (York University, Canada)8. Ha kwaiyo, vessels for Kumeyaay ocean culture, Nan Renner in conversation with Stan Rodriguez, Ana Gloria (Martha) Rodriguez, Priscilla Ortiz-Sawah9. North Star: Approaching Platform Holly, Louis Hock (Artist, USA)10: Home, Illuminated by Sound: An Electronic Album, Lei Liang (UC San Diego, USA)11. R/P FLIP R.I.P.: Research Platform, Artwork, Interview, Orientation, Rachel Mayeri with Deborah Forster and Lisa Cartwright (University of California, USA)Index