JELLYFISH TIME

ABYSSAL EXPEDITION

---SCI-COMM AND DESIGN FOR THE DEEP-SEA---

"The crazy octopus lady"

Adriana RodríguezMarine biologist / educator Bogotá - Colombia

in the middle of the Andean mountains...

Design department Universidad de los AndesBogotá DC, Colombia

Finding allies - interactions designer

Designer tools are universal, no matter the content. What we want is to follow a serie of steps that feed a process, in this case, elements that work in the context given.

Jaime Patarroyo

Interaction designerDesign department Universidad de los Andes

A course was born - Abyssal Expedition: interventions from the deep-sea

Design challenge:

Translate deep-sea related realities into communication pieces

Start point: seniors designers without deep-sea knowledge.

Jaime Patarroyo

Transition time1. Course introduction

2. Jelly time 3. Octopus time 4. Coral time

SCHEDULE

Dragonfish©Dan Fenolio

Time to explore without a fixed destination...

JELLYFISH TIME

EXPLORATION

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A message ocean-related that interest or concern you.

JELLYFISH TIME

EXPLORATION

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Activity Instructions:1. Partner up. 2. Share the concept or message that you thought. 3. Need inspiration?. Click here: 4. Write down a seed message.

JELLYFISH TIME

EXPLORATION

©Schmidt Ocean Institute

Activity Instructions:1. Partner up. 2. Share the concept or message that you thought. 3. Need inspiration?. Dive into the "Ocean Concepts". 4. Write down a seed message.

JELLYFISH TIME

EXPLORATION

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What we have done at Abyssal Expedition classroom:

Conversations about science behind deep-sea discoveries and some deep-sea inspired literature.

Natural history museums and art galleries to observe exhibits curation.

Lectures

Visits to museums

Science and sci-fi talks

Deep-Sea Corals Park, Oceanarium, exploring around with a small ROV, talks with coastal communities.

Artists, deep-sea scientists, museum communicators.

Field trip

Talk with experts

EXPLORATION

'For as long as I can remember, I’ve been passionate about topics related to biology, especially animals. Although, due to life circumstances, I ended up studying design, another one of my greatest callings in life. Interdisciplinary courses like Abyssal Expedition not only make biology more accessible to those outside the field, but also allow people like me, with prior knowledge, to develop projects that shape their professional careers. Thanks to that experience, I understood that it is possible to follow my passions and interests from any area of work..'

Carlos Mora, designer and former student

OCTOPUS TIME

INTERPRETATION / IDEATION

Time to gather your ideas

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OCTOPUS TIME

INTERPRETATION / IDEATION

Let's focus on who we want to tell the message to

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OCTOPUS TIME

Activity Instructions (15 min):Your team is going to create a scketch of an interactive piece that will communicate the message formulated during the Jellyfish Time. To do: 1. Define your user. 3. Brainstorm ideas on how could be this element, how the user will interact with it, what sensory experiences will communicate your message. Don't be afraid of "bad" or "crazy" ideas! Bring in all!

IDEATION

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Time to socialize our insights

CORAL TIME

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Student's pieces

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Student's pieces

At the beginning, it was frustrating. However, I learned that if we truly want to design for the real world, the piece has to withstand our enthusiasm. Let the user—and how they use it—teach you

David Ramírez Designer and mechanial engineer Former student

life persist in the abyss - whale fall

Student's pieces

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Structure your content

Sections like this will help you organize

life in darkness

Student's pieces

coraline nudity

Student's pieces

WHAT WE DID SO FAR...

Jellyfish time

Octopus time

Explore

Intepretate/Ideation

SOME LESSONS LEARNED...

• Collaborations are the key!
• We rarely have the answers from the start -so we test, adjust, and iterate.

• Endless possibilities!

acknowledgments

Shark's exhibition team: Carlos Guarnizo Mireya Osorio.

Our allies on the way...

Bogotá Planetarium team Sebastian & Miguel

Tico, Della, Sergio, Amalfi, Lavinia, Jaime Roa, Rosario island's fishermen community, Carlos Gomez, Daniel Marin, Felipe Ladino, Elena Ritchard, Juan Jose, Sonia, Lori Hepner, Dairo Marin

List / Processes

Synthesis and organization, the two pillars for presentation

thank you

3. Social Beings

1. We are visual beings

We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.

We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

MEDIA CREDITSSchmidth Ocean Institute - License CC BY-NC-SA. To all that kindly share deep-sea footage for educational purposes (MBARI & NOAA) Coral symbiosis: Todd LaJeunesse.Student's work: Carlos Mora, David Ramírez, Jaime Patarroyo . ​Infographics: Carlos Mora.

4. Digital Beings

2. Narrative Beings

We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.

We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversationsare stories.

Coral bleaching

As we approach the loom the previously colored lights change to white. This literally and metaphorically represents when humans get too close to coral ecosystems. We leave traces, represented by the warming of the oceans, which disrupts the symbiosis between the algae associated with corals (which give them color and a food source) and the corals. But not everything is doom and gloom. If we move away for a while, the colors return (the algae), and there may be hope for their survival.

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Cold, high-altitude, andean culture.

not exactly a "tropical paradise"

Bogotá DC, Colombia

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