Along the Transect Line

Product: https://oma-online.org/past_exhibitions2019/transect/ 

Role: Curator & Author

Client(s): Cabrillo National Monument, Oceanside Museum of Art

Artform: Art Exhibition

Collaborators: Audrey Carver

Description: Cabrillo biologists have laid their transect lines down throughout the park’s protected ecosystems for over thirty years. These tools have provided a uniform frame in which we quantify and assess the thriving biodiversity of this sacred place. From the small mammals that hunt through the dense Coastal Sage to the abundant and flower-like anemones that bloom throughout the rocky intertidal – scientists are the diligent guardians of Cabrillo’s natural pulse. 

Over the years we have experienced the full spectrum of success and loss. Ecosystems fluctuate like the changing tide - some change of which we can manage for and some we cannot. Now more than ever, we know this to be true: we are at a critical intersection. The fate of these interconnected webs of life relies on all of us and the choices we make today. We look to carry out our noble mission of preservation and protection by blending art and scientific data in order to connect you to what we see Along the Transect Line. 

In collaboration with supporting artist Audrey Carver and partners at the Climate Science Alliance, this installation explores the beauty of art and data. "Along the Transect Line" highlights each of the major scientific inventories at Cabrillo- from the rocky intertidal ecosystem to the menagerie of birds that call the park home. 

Along the Transect Line debuted at Cabrillo National Monument and was later curated for a special exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Art.