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Pater Noster aims to save our oceans: Green Cubes and world-famous artists on display this summer

Pater Noster, a renowned boutique hotel, is proud to announce its pioneering sponsorship of Green Cubes, a greentech initiative in collaboration with Hexagon’s R-evolution, aimed at combating ocean acidification. This summer, the hotel will host the “Art & Science of Water” exhibition, featuring celebrated artists who fuse science and photography, including a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy.

Since its opening in the summer of 2020, Pater Noster has become a standout destination in West Sweden. Nestled on one of Sweden’s most rugged coastlines, the hotel offers nine exclusive rooms and a unique atmosphere that has garnered numerous accolades, including the Grand Tourism Award and recognition as the world’s best hotel concept by The Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design (AHEAD). Attracting Hollywood stars, international travelers, and global corporations, Pater Noster is now extending its vision to ocean preservation through a series of dedicated initiatives.

“Our oceans are in crisis. Pater Noster is a tribute to the sea, and we are committed to protecting it on every level—local, national, and global. The connection between deforestation and ocean acidification is undeniable; as CO2 levels rise, our marine life suffers. Without action, the high acidity will prevent lobsters and shrimp from forming shells. Protecting our forests is essential to safeguarding our oceans,” said Mirja Lilja Hagsjö, CEO of Pater Noster.

Art & Science of Water with World-Famous Artists

This summer, the “Art & Science of Water” exhibition will take place at Pater Noster as part of Tjörn Island of Art. The exhibition will showcase works by renowned photographers, including:

– Christy Lee Rogers: Known for her underwater photography that has been compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio.

– Lara Zankoul: A Lebanese fashion photographer who’s socially committed work, created in her studio’s large aquarium, evokes strong emotions and debate.

– Ulrika and Lukasz: An award-winning duo whose “Stories Trapped in Ice” series documents scientific research using ice cores from the Niels Bohr Institute.

The artworks, printed on large aluminum plates, will be displayed outdoors on the cliffs and within the island’s various buildings. The exhibition will also feature information about Green Cubes and its first rainforest project at La Gamba Tropical Station in Costa Rica. The exhibition is accompanied by music from Mattias Tell, a songwriter and producer at Kode Records from Gothenburg, whose music gives space to the sea and its sounds.

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A moment with the sea – communicating caring actions for the Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea Day Thursday August 26th 2021

Inspired by the Ocean Confessions by Pete Fung and Samein Shamshar and adapted in Tvärminne research station in Hanko by a multidisciplinary research group as part of the Baltic Sea Lab in the CreaTures Research project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 grant.

We invite you to participate in this action of caring for the Baltic Sea!

We want to enable a personal encounter with the sea by providing the participants to express their love, concerns, transgressions or fears for their local sea. The science we face daily is worrying and might easily lead us to feeling defeated and powerless. Through voicing our emotions, we can move into a space of gratitude, poetic, reflective, collectively caring. You can participate by attending the event at Hanaholmen or remotely by sending us your message to and for the Baltic Sea.

Participation at Hanaholmen 3 PM – 6 PM:

Professor of practise Julia Lohmann with her team presents her work and encourages us to show our engagement and care for the Baltic Sea. In this activity we will ask participants to spend a moment with the sea and share a thought with this body of water by writing it with chalk, a calcium based medium that acts as a token against ocean acidification. This writing will happen either directly on the rocks or on smaller stones and pieces of bark that can be placed by the shore. The reflections of care will be given to the sea.

As a symbolic act of care, the writings on the rock will be done using street chalk, which is made of calcium carbonate, and will enter the sea in the end. Calcium carbonate buffers the acidification of the sea caused by climate change.

Please sign up through this form.

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Sculpture and new technologies in scientific educational outreach: 3D foraminiferal models as a referent of ocean acidification and climate change

The Foraminifera Project is a collaboration between researchers of the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Geological Sciences at the Complutense University (UCM, Madrid, Spain). The work, based on scientific dissemination through art, is framed in the theme “Climate change and Ocean Acidification” as part of the course “Art, Science and Nature” of the Master’s Degree in Research in Art and Creation (Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM). The team used recent sediment samples from Indian Ocean and Red Sea that contained healthy and unhealthy foraminifera specimens to create 3D specimen models. These models were made using traditional sculpture techniques, photogrammetry, and 3D printing to show different states of foraminifera dissolution and corrosion from ocean acidification. The end result of this project resulted in nine interactive pieces which were part of the exhibition “Drift & Migrate” open to the public during the month of November 2019 in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts (UCM). The 3D models of foraminifera were displayed with educational graphics and blind-accesible explanatory signage (Braille) to share the scientific facts of foraminifera and their role in the ocean ecosystem. The main objective of the collaboration is to raise awareness of anthropogenic effects on foraminifera and the marine ecosystems in general and to expand research opportunities between the arts and sciences at the university.

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