Research
🎨 Art Meets Science
Creative pathways for understanding and communicating drought-to-flood events globally.
Why Combine Art and Science?
- Humanize Data: Uncover the emotional and social layers behind climate extremes.
- Break Barriers: Visuals and stories connect across cultures and disciplines.
- Inspire Innovation: New ideas emerge when science and creativity meet.
🔍 Project Highlights
🎒 Travelling Suitcase Exhibition
Interactive installations using visualizations, animation, and tactile materials. In 2025, the exhibition will visit Kenya, Peru, Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands.
📊 DatArtathon Visuals
Our postdoc Danai developed stand-alone visuals combining hydrological and social data during the 2024 International Datathon. These prototypes will be presented at the International Cartographic Conference in Vancouver, 2025.
🎥 Documentary Series (Coming Soon)
A limited series weaving together expert insights, data, and community stories from Kenya, Peru, and Canada. Featuring animations, interviews, and local perspectives on drought-to-flood transitions.
🚀 What’s Coming in 2025?
- Global Tour: Exhibition stops in 6 countries, starting with the Sustainability Conference in Amsterdam (Jan 30).
- Drought-to-Flood Atlas: Interactive platform launches Sept 2025, with a printed atlas in Jan 2026.
- Documentary Launch: Global overview + case study episodes highlighting data and lived experiences.
💡 Funding & Recognition
Our art-science work is supported by the ASI Seed Money Grant (€10,000), awarded to Danai for the Travelling Suitcase Exhibition and fieldwork with Indigenous communities in Canada.
Read more about the grant here.
Funding
PerfectSTORM has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number ERC-2020-StG 948601
Contact
Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM) /
Institute for Environmental Studies
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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