I spent a portion of the summer working on several illustrations for the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (background @ link). The studio collaborated with Guy Nordenson to create an exhibit at the Venice Biennale looking at sea level rise and methods to create coastal infrastructure through sediment diversions and other soft infrastructures. In conjunction with other members of the studio I had the opportunity to create several illustrations and animations for the studio as well as the exhibit in Venice and a publication for Places.

The advanced research seminar, LA 4101 . Illustrating Ecologies, will be using LAB to document their work throughout the semester. This will involve research into a variety of ecological systems, as defined by the students, and digital methods to represent these complex systems.

The course syllabus and research outline can be found at the reactscape blog.

Research Teams:

• Joaquin Martinez, Lauren Fasic, Andrew Collins
• Patrick McGannon, Kristen Lonon
• Jessica Carvajal, Katherine Tabor
• Andrea Galinski, Mary Martinich
• Zhujun Wang, J’rel West
• Robert Seemann, Lance Fulton
• Alex Ramirez, Drew baum