WOD Artist at Sea Catalog - Flipbook - Page 4
REBECCA RUTSTEIN
Blue Dreams, Still #1, 2023
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
36" x 60"
Blue Dreams was created in collaboration with scientists from the Ocean Memory Project and
supported by the National Academy of Sciences Keck Futures Initiative. Blue Dreams, which was
recently on view at the National Academy of Sciences through the generous support of Schmidt
Ocean Institute is an immersive video installation which integrates abstract imagery, rare deep sea
video footage captured on an R/V Falkor expedition, and computer modeling to illuminate hidden
microbial networks in the deep Ocean. These networks regulate global ocean chemistry and mediate
the air we breathe. The video is meant to inspire curiosity, wonder and connection to the deep Ocean,
which we rely on for our survival.
In part of the video, Rutstein worked with a computer modeler who “animated” a painting inspired
by deep sea microbial networks, transforming her wireframe imagery into pixels that morph and grow.
In the painting on display here, Rutstein comes full circle, using the video animation as inspiration for
this new painting. Courtesy of Rebecca Rutstein and Bridgette Mayer Gallery.
Rebecca Rutstein sailed on R/V Falkor June 2016 on a mapping transit from Vietnam to Guam.
For more information or to purchase work visit rebeccarutstein.com.
