A collection of images depicting visual research by artist AlanJames Burns from their time on an arctic research cruise. Photographs of vast blue ice and enormous glaciers contrast with close ups of microscopic forum shells.

Foram - As part of National Science Week and European Geoscience Day 2024

November 11 to 19, Open Daily 11:00 to 5:00pm

14 Nov, European Geoscience Day, free event day.

Venue: National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dún Laoghaire.

Through a public talk and installation, ‘Foram’ presents research from Burns’s artistic residency on board the Celtic Explorer research cruise CE23011. This expedition, led by chief scientist and collaborator Dr. Audrey Morley from the University of Galway and iCRAG, ventured to one of the most remote regions on Earth in July 2023. Here, amidst the icy expanses of the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland coast, the research team studied Forams— small yet significant organisms that can help us unravel the mysteries of our planet’s past, and perhaps, safeguard its future.

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