Aquatic Veridical

This 16 page exhibition catalogue examines the art of Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger with a catalogue essay by Dr Dell Walker PhD, exhibited at The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat in Eltham in Victoria Australia.Titled, Aquatic Veridical this solo exhibition examines the underwater landscape, the technology that exposes it and our human impact on this hidden environment. Through various mediums, artist Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger surveys her 2021 journey onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research...
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This 16 page exhibition catalogue examines the art of Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger with a catalogue essay by Dr Dell Walker PhD, exhibited at The Barn Gallery, Montsalvat in Eltham in Victoria Australia.Titled, Aquatic Veridical this solo exhibition examines the underwater landscape, the technology that exposes it and our human impact on this hidden environment. Through various mediums, artist Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger surveys her 2021 journey onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor as it mapped the ocean floor from Brisbane and into the Coral Sea Marine Park.Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger showcases her artistic skills in various media to explore the RV Falkor's use of multibeam sonar and bathymetry; technology at its cutting edge. The onboard computers translate the computer code collected from the sonar into a recognisable image exposing a visual narrative of the landscape from 300 to 4000 meters below sea level. Lea, working in collaboration with marine geomorphologist Alysha Johnson and sound artist Thomas Speyer takes the viewer on a visual journey into these unviewable worlds using projection to examine firsthand the ocean mapping. The central images of this exhibition use computer code to reformat this invisible world. Lea's time as the 'artist at sea' interprets these contemporary runes to expose the unseen and unknown underwater landscapes. This exhibition is a testament to the artists' role in making science and technology more accessible to everyone