19 min

Ep 05: Art as Research Lichen Lab Radio

    • Visual Arts

Trail cams, surveys, and billboards – a few of the tools artist Leila Armstrong is using to engage the public in her art-based research project, Backyard Wilderness. In this episode, we discuss how this project helps us reflect on our relationship with nature, how science methodology feeds art methodology and vice-versa, and how art leads us to a better understanding of urban ecology.

Trail cams, surveys, and billboards – a few of the tools artist Leila Armstrong is using to engage the public in her art-based research project, Backyard Wilderness. In this episode, we discuss how this project helps us reflect on our relationship with nature, how science methodology feeds art methodology and vice-versa, and how art leads us to a better understanding of urban ecology.

19 min