{"39664":{"#nid":"39664","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CDC Art Show Exhibits \u0027Consequential Matters\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToo often, art and science are treated as opposing forces considering their subjects in contradictory fashion. An artistic look at something might focus on the warmth it exudes or the emotion it drives, while a scientific look can be a cold, hard assessment of the facts. But sometimes facts aren\u0027t enough to convince and art isn\u0027t sufficient to spur action. Treated together, though, art and science can both persuade us with passionate arguments and increase our understanding of our world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Global Health Odyssey Museum at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta is bringing together art and science for a look at our world in the exhibit, Consequential Matters, from June 15 - September 11, 2009. The show consists of the investigations of four Atlanta-based artists of the consequences of urbanization, technology consumption, indulgence and globalization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We want to address the audience on an emotional level, an instinctive level,\u0022 explained Carl DiSalvo, assistant professor of Digital Media at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. \u0022We asked ourselves, how do we use the skills we have in taking the scientific data and making it more visceral and not hide the emotion and experience that lies behind the data.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe title of DiSalvo\u0027s and Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Lukens\u0027 exhibit, \u0022Smog is Democratic,\u0022 is taken from sociologist Ulrich Beck. The installation looks at particulate matter, the dust and debris that people produce as they wear away at the city, according to the artists. It\u0027s comprised of five pieces in all.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Particulate matter is not just man-made, it\u0027s evidence of life. Life leaves a residue,\u0022 explained DiSalvo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo illustrate this, their piece \u0022Do you see what I see?\u0022 is comprised of 25 images of common sources of particulate matter. The images were all taken in the greater Atlanta area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We wanted to give people an idea of where this pollution comes from, so we made a list of sources and photographed what we could find,\u0022 said DiSalvo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another piece, \u0022Smog Alert Days 2008,\u0022 they combined a four-minute video clip of a flyover of I-85 with daily particulate matter measurements of the city of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We used the data to change the image, so that the image comes to represent the data. Part of the image shows the flyover without any effects. The other half shows an image that gets more distorted as the particulate matter measurement gets higher,\u0022 said DiSalvo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther pieces in \u0022Smog is Democratic\u0022 juxtapose images of Atlanta with data from the smog alert days so that those alert days appear as holes, either in white or gray in the image. One piece compares that image with an image of a home air filter, giving the viewer an idea of the entire scale of the visible spectrum of pollution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re trying to bring together a scientific approach to the data with an artistic approach, so that we can creatively interpret this data and address the audience on an emotional level,\u0022 said DiSalvo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother exhibit in the show is \u0022High Tech Trash,\u0022 a look at the trade in electronic waste, such as computers, cell phones and hard drives across Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States. The photo essay, by National Geographic photographer Peter Essick, chronicles the workers who mine these discarded products for reusable metals, while exposing themselves to health risks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022XLounge x 3\u0022 by Atlanta sculptor Mark Wentzel has adapted three iconic Eames Lounge Chairs and Ottomans to make a comment on American consumption.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe show can be seen at the CDC\u0027s Global Health Odyssey Museum through September 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Admission and parking are free. For directions, click on the link below.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College assistant professor Carl DiSalvo and doctoral candidate Jonathan Lukens show their piece, \u0022Smog is Democratic\u0022 in the CDC\u0027s art show \u0022Consequential Matters\u0022 through September 11, 2009.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"DiSalvo\u0027s \u0026 Lukens\u0027 exhibit is \u0022Smog is Democratic\u0022"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2009-06-24 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:25","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39665":{"id":"39665","type":"image","title":"Distribution Over Time 1: Smog Alert Days Over Air","body":null,"created":"1449174110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:50","changed":"1475894260","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:40","alt":"Distribution Over Time 1: Smog Alert Days Over Air","file":{"fid":"189676","name":"twm38002.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twm38002.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twm38002.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1781913,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/twm38002.jpg?itok=bkp5Iusz"}},"39666":{"id":"39666","type":"image","title":"Juxtaposition 1: Smog Alert Days 2008","body":null,"created":"1449174110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:50","changed":"1475894260","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:40","alt":"Juxtaposition 1: Smog Alert Days 2008","file":{"fid":"189677","name":"tda38002.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tda38002.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tda38002.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1442583,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tda38002.jpg?itok=kbKASDmY"}}},"media_ids":["39665","39666"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/gcc\/exhibit\/directions.htm","title":"Directions to gallery"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/gcc\/exhibit\/exhibitions_changing.htm#trash","title":"CDC\\\u0027s exhibition page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.digitallounge.gatech.edu\/faculty\/index.html?id=11","title":"Carl DiSalvo\\\u0027s biography page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/~cdisalvo3\/","title":"Carl DiSalvo"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"125","name":"art"},{"id":"123","name":"CDC"},{"id":"128","name":"democratic"},{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"121","name":"DiSalvo"},{"id":"126","name":"exhibit"},{"id":"122","name":"Luken"},{"id":"167345","name":"smog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}