Regerating Coral Reefs to Preserve Marine Biodiversity | Colleen Flanigan | TEDxGalapagos

Through visual, performing, and biological arts, Colleen investigates contemporary issues of species endangerment and ecosystem regeneration, specifically coral reefs. Her work encompasses Living Sea Sculptures, conversation-catalyzing alter egos, participatory multimedia exhibitions, and more. Flanigan is the first visual artist to be certified by the Global Coral Reef Alliance in Biorock® mineral accretion, a technology for coral reef restoration that (surprisingly) shares many metallurgical, electrical and chemical principles with her early sculpture utilizing electroforming (electroplating thick layers of metal onto a matrix). She and her international, interdisciplinary team have created a DNA-inspired sculpture to become an artistic coral refuge, scientific study, and unique attraction in the Museo Subaquático de Arte (MUSA) in the National Marine Park of Cancun, Mexico.

Through visual, performing, and biological arts, Colleen investigates contemporary issues of species endangerment and ecosystem regeneration, specifically coral reefs. Her work encompasses Living Sea Sculptures, conversation-catalyzing alter egos, participatory multimedia exhibitions, and more. Flanigan is the first visual artist to be certified by the Global Coral Reef Alliance in Biorock® mineral accretion, a technology for coral reef restoration that (surprisingly) shares many metallurgical, electrical and chemical principles with her early sculpture utilizing electroforming (electroplating thick layers of metal onto a matrix). She and her international, interdisciplinary team have created a DNA-inspired sculpture to become an artistic coral refuge, scientific study, and unique attraction in the Museo Subaquático de Arte (MUSA) in the National Marine Park of Cancun, Mexico.

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