Communicating 'Science' Through Art: Embracing Collective Activism Through Creative Research as a Participating Consumer of Fish and Welcoming the Active Viewer to Join the Conversation

For centuries, the ocean has been perceived as unyielding to the growing demand of man's appetite. Through the play of the "familiar" in chosen materials, processes, and presentation, I share my creative research on the issues and practices of overfishing. Through this body of work, I explore my struggles as a consumer of fish. I share with my viewers my own vulnerable state, but also invite them to consider their own consumption. In that process of visual interaction, I make note to the "active" viewing participant---and that we have been a participant all along while observing and interacting with my work.;In that moment of realization, I welcome my fellow participating viewer, and consumer of fish, to join in on the conversation on what our future "fish" meal will be.