On the occasion of the exhibition "The Life Aquatic. Oceanic Visions" by Doug Argue, 1014 hosted a trans-Atlantic discussion on the state of our oceans, lakes, and rivers – treasures that enrich our lives and are home to so many species. How do we sustainably manage these precious natural resources and habitats in light of our changing climate?
With Pete Malinowski, Executive Director, Billion Oyster Project; Baerbel Hoenisch, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University New York, and New York City-based artist Doug Argue. Moderated by Katja Wiesbrock Donovan, Executive Director, 1014.
Presented in partnership with the German Consulate General New York.
Bärbel Hönisch grew up in Germany and studied Biology and Paleoceanography at the Universities of Bielefeld and Bremen; she received her Ph.D. in Natural Sciences in 2002. After holding academic positions at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, CUNY Queens College, and Bremen University, she joined our faculty in 2007. Hönisch is interested in the effect of global carbon cycle perturbations on climate and the oceans, in particular past variations of seawater acidity and its relation to atmospheric CO2. Her research includes culture experiments with living marine calcifiers to validate proxies for past environmental conditions and reconstructions of past ocean changes.
Pete Malinowski grew up farming oysters with his parents and siblings on the Fishers Island Oyster Farm. His passion for the environment and education led him to the New York Harbor School, where he founded the school’s Aquaculture and Oyster Restoration Programs and spent five years as a teacher. Pete serves as a Co-chair of the Governor's Shellfish Restoration Council and sits on the Mayor's Waterfront Management Advisory Board. Pete spends as much of his free time as possible on the water or in the woods with his three children Adrian, Maxwell and Daisy.
Doug Argue is an artist based in New York City. After attending art classes at Bemidji State University and the University of Minnesota from 1980 to 1983, Argue's early figurative works were influenced by German Expressionism. During his two different trips to Venice, he was deeply moved by such 16th-century Italian painters as Titian and Tintoretto, whose massive Crucifixion moved him to begin creating more large-scale works.