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Mae Lubetkin
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transmedia artist ⋆ writer ⋆ ocean scientist
paris, ocean ⛲
(they/iel)

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🌊 The ocean holds stories beneath the surface — but can we read them? In our latest guide, Ocean Datasets for Investigations, Mae Lubetkin (@maelubetkin.bsky.social) and Kevin Rosa show how open ocean data can reveal powerful, underreported stories: kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/en/ocean-dat...
Text: Guide for journalists and investigators Ocean Datasets for Investigations By Mae Lubetkin and Kevin Rosa Learn how to identify and use Ocean datasets as a tool for revealing the unseen or underreported dynamics of the world’s most significant bodies of water. ext: What will you find in this guide? 1. Introduction: Ocean Science, Data, Storytelling 1.1 Ocean Science: History and Context 1.2 Ocean Data Collection Today 1.3 Data Gaps, Capacity Initiatives, Ocean Defenders 1.4 Ocean Datasets for Investigations and Storytelling 2. Diversity of Data Types 2.1 In Situ Sensors 2.2 Deep Ocean Observation, Exploration, and Research 2.3 Mapping 2.4 Satellite Remote Sensing 2.5 Additional databases and scientific support 3. Case Study: Gulf of Maine Ocean Warming 3.1 Motivation 3.2 Data Acquisition 3.3 Climatological Data Analysis 3.4 Analyzing and Visualizing the Results 4. Conclusion Illustration of a range of ocean sensor platforms—ships, profiling drifters, gliders, moored buoys, and satellites. Source: ECMWF Text: This case study is one example of how to find the connections between global environmental change, local ocean data, and tangible human impacts. This process offers a template for investigating similar stories in your own regions: Bullet points: Start with a local observation or community concern; Explore the scientific context; Seek out publicly available data; Connect the data back to human issues.
July 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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𝘌𝘢𝘶𝘹 é𝘳𝘰𝘥é𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴 💧
(𝘌𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴)

Installation for my end of residency show at Le Cabaoui Résidence Artistique, Malmousque, Marseille (March 2025)
𓂃𓂃𓂃

alginate, seafloor sediment, pebbles, ceramic pipe, glass, paper, cotton fabric, coastal erosion video projections
April 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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fieldwork on coastal erosion 🫧🪨

poetics and spatial politics of cliffs, waves, bricks, drainage pipes, seawalls, and other crumbling bits that inspired my work ~

𝘌𝘢𝘶𝘹 é𝘳𝘰𝘥é𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴
(𝘌𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴)

for my art residency at Le Cabaoui, Malmousque, Marseille (March 2025)
Me (Mae Lubetkin) in a wetsuit putting fins on, sitting on the edge of a rock, partly in the sea. Seawall composed of bricks made from different sizes and shapes, crashing waves from the sea hit the wall. Steep rocky cliff-face cloaked in metal mesh to keep pieces from falling, a singular pipe crosscuts the cliff going downward. Seawater lightly crashing upon rocky limestone boulders, a long metal drainage pipe crosscuts the rocks, the pipe is lined with red-yellow bricks.
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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More-than-Data

After some years reflecting on human/data/ocean entanglements, I wrote More-than-Data last month - an essay describing my new concept and method.

Soon published on TBA21 Ocean Archive 🩵 it will also be translated to Czech language for my upcoming exhibition on Artyčok.TV

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A depiction of bounding box deep-sea coral species identification using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to analyze deep ocean imagery data. The image is dark due to low-lit deep ocean environments. There are thin white squares outlining pink corals.
March 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM