Both art and science attempt to comprehend the world around us. Despite their distinctive and often separate pathways they share more in common than we think.
In conversation, artist Charlotte Crichton will share her inspiration for Fluid Bodies, and climate change scientist James Renwick will discuss the impact art has on science communication.
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Charlotte has spent 20 years in the art and culture sector as a researcher, oral historian, and exhibition developer and interpreter in museums and archival institutions in Aotearoa and internationally. She holds a Master of Climate Change Science and Policy (Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington), a Fine Arts Degree (Ilam, University of Canterbury), a Graduate Certificate in Museum and Heritage Studies (VUW), and a Certificate in Wai Ora Water Resource Management and Sustainability (Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi). Charlotte has exhibited in Christchurch, Wellington and New Plymouth, and held the Earthskin Artist Residency (2019). Her work is published in Art New Zealand #79 (1996) and the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) Journal #15 (2000). Find out more about Charlotte on her website
James Renwick is a climate researcher who studies Southern Hemisphere climate variability, and the impacts of climate change on the Pacific, New Zealand and the Antarctic. He was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for 20 years, contributing to the 4th, 5th, and 6th Assessment Reports. James was awarded the Prime Minister’s 2018 prize for Science Communication and was part of the team that won the Prime Minister’s Science Prize in 2019. He was a Commissioner on the New Zealand Climate Change Commission from 2019 to 2024.