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120,000 years ago, during an age of Saber-Tooth Tigers and Wooly Mammoths, rain poured
down on Memphis and soaked into the soil. The resulting accumulation of water is the
aquifer: a watery time capsule, in which rain from different ages is stored until
the water flows to Memphis homes. Time Pools: Accessing the Aquifer provides an apparatus
for examining the aquifer's liquid history. Along with The League of Imaginary Scientists,
University of Memphis students brainstormed a cross-disciplinary dive into the Aquifer,
resulting in an exhibition spurred on by the Ground Water Institute, that literally
dives into the Memphis water table, one decade at a time. Cloud computing, a method
for sharing data across a network, is parallel to the strata of Memphis' shared water
supply, since Memphis dwellers access water from throughout the ages. Time Pools:
Accessing the Aquifer reveals a time pool where data about and from the Aquifer's
water from different years becomes visible. Peering into the time pool — its layers
spanning the aquifer and the ages — one may question: "How deep is now, and how far
is 10,000 years? Where was my water 50 years ago, and where is it going in the next
decade?"
Time Pools: Accessing the Aquifer is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between Jason
Miller's Digital Art class and The League of Imaginary Scientists, a group of science-minded
artists. Contributing members of the class include: Zi Felton, Dudley Chatman, Terrell
Harmon, Jenee Love, Terrance Mason, Zachary Morgan, Nichelle Quinn, Kyle Russell,
Brooke Smith, Joseph Tschume and Corie Walker. Additional project contributors include
Michelle Dry and Dr. Scott Schoefernacker from the University of Memphis Ground Water
Institute and software developer Silvester Kozajda. The purpose of the project, like
many of the League's endeavors, is to explore scientific material through art and
infuse both with a sense of play.
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