Rennie Meyers
Reed College
Project
Deep Water, Horizons: Artificial Reef Communities, Above and Below the Water Line
Canary Islands (Spain), Fiji, Brunei, Japan
From oil rigs to submerged eco-art to coral farms, coral growth occurs at the hands of humans with or without their intent. By exploring interactions between human and non-human communities above and below artificial coral habitats in four island nations, I will engage artificial or anthropogenic reef habitats and the humans who have (sometimes accidentally) created and lived with them. I hope to better understand the ways in which humans continue to alter the marine landscape, to photo document those landscapes, and to consult with the human communities responsible for these new habitats in the face of global climate change.