The Institute
The Institute features art projects by Sarah Hearn. The artist's work explores the complex relationship between photography, drawing and scientific representation. Her installations explore the interrelationships of science, pseudoscience and science fiction.

Above: the sky, weather and atmosphere. Weather Observations explores the artist's awe and respect for the power of the weather with her simultaneous desire to predict and control it. Weather Observations will culminate in a solo exhibition at IAO gallery in May of 2013. A small installation from this project will be part of PhotoFest curated by Julie Maguire opening at JRB Elms 9.7.12.

In-between: terrestrial life forms. Symbiotic Cooperation, a project that investigates how humans can collaborate with, understand, and mimic small unassuming forms in nature- specifically lichen. This body of work involves global public participation. To learn more, or participate visit: http://sarahhearn.blogspot.com/

Below: All things aquatic. This interdisciplinary project, An Unnatural History, documents the fictional discovery of a catalog of marine life and its relationship to the periodic table of elements.