Sponge: spongespace: Water & Sound Solvent Space, Richmond, Virginia. February 9th–February 10th, 2008.

Investigate the relationship between water and sound waves. Visit an aquarium, watch a film about the depths of the ocean, and listen to presentations by a sound artist, an oceanographic robotics engineer and a fish neurobiologist. Leave the workshop prepared to lead a Sponge of your own.

Visit the spongespace website here.

Presentations by:

• Oceanographic robotics engineer Dr. Brian Bingham, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and visiting scientist at the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution.
• Neurobiologist and bioacoustician Dr. Michael Fine, Professor of Biology at VCU.
• Sound artist Stephen Vitiello, Assistant Professor in the Kinetic Imaging Department at VCU and Archivist at The Kitchen in NYC.

Photo credits: Althea Georgelas, Hope Ginsburg, Myeongsoo Kim.