Güralp is proud to support an exciting new exhibition inspired by Icelandic volcanoes at the Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge.
Güralp Systems Ltd is delighted to be sponsoring Magma Rising: A Journey to the Centre of Icelandic Volcanoes, an innovative exhibition combining science and art, being held from 26th February to the 22nd April, 2025 at the Heong Gallery, Downing College, part of the University of Cambridge.
Iceland is one of the most volcanically-active regions on Earth, since 2021, there have been ten eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula, which have garnered worldwide attention and captured the imagination of the public.
Magma Rising is inspired by scientific research on Icelandic volcanoes by scientists from Downing College and across the University of Cambridge and showcases a unique combination of science and the visual arts. The exhibition explores the captivating concept of an eruption, taking the viewer towards, closer to, then inside an erupting volcano. A wide selection of artwork will be interwoven with scientific data and samples, including activity recorded by Güralp instrumentation deployed in Iceland. Volcanic eruptions and related earthquakes are interpreted by artists through sound installations, films and video games, sculptures, microscope imagery, shoe design, illustrations, printmaking, paintings, photography, and a large-scale wall mural, in addition to museum loans of geological specimens, first edition books, and heritage way-finding instruments. In total, the show comprises work by twenty artists, complemented by twenty-five artefacts drawn from three museums.
Accompanying the exhibition is an ambitious series of outreach events including film showings, musical performances, lava flow modelling, a seismometer demonstration and more.
To find out more, please visit the Magma Rising website: https://magmarising.org/
Fire Island by Keith Grant
Still from Into the Inferno by Clive Oppenheimer
Blast by Emma Stibbon
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About Güralp Systems
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