Would you dump sewage or throw garbage into an art gallery? Come and meet artist Steve Mann who will explain the Immersive Van Gogh pollution monitor visible from the Southwest central belvedere (semi-circular lookout platform) on the sidewalk overlooking Peter Street Basin, as shown in the photo and map. The Immersive Van Gogh forms part of an innovative pollution monitor using a webcam (donated by Zeitdice) to observe the underwater painting. Over the past couple of years the Mersivity Club has run the Volunteer Cleanup Crew to clean up Peter Street Basin, and we've removed thousands of pounds of garbage from the surface and from below the water. We're been using Peter Street Basin as our research lab for the design of underwater robots, and other creations to help cleanup the Basin and make it accessible. Affectionately known as MoBase (Mobility Basin), the goal is to see Peter Street Basin as a safe harbour for persons with disabilities to use small human-powered watercraft like the Water-Walker and Mersivity Ball in this safely enclosed part of Lake Ontario, while continuing to conduct research on Mersivity which is technology that connects us to each other and to our surroundings.
We will also demonstrate hydraulophone (underwater pipe organ) which we're researching as a new way to measure water quality as well, along with other Safetymaking™ efforts to encourage members of the community to make and maintain a safe environment, especially in areas where official channels are failing to give us a safe and accessible world.
Join our volunteer cleanup effort at Mersivity.com
We will also demonstrate hydraulophone (underwater pipe organ) which we're researching as a new way to measure water quality as well, along with other Safetymaking™ efforts to encourage members of the community to make and maintain a safe environment, especially in areas where official channels are failing to give us a safe and accessible world.
Join our volunteer cleanup effort at Mersivity.com