European Maritime Day 2025
21 May 2025 - 23 May 2025|
Cork, Ireland
- Cork City Council
EMD 2025 Exhibition
The conference will also host an exciting array of exhibitors from around Europe who will showcase the blue economy’s innovation and investment potential.
R&D centres, universities, spin-offs, start-ups, companies, associations and NGOs etc. are invited to apply for an exhibition stand and share their innovative ideas, products and services related to the conference themes.
In case you have any question or need further information, please contact: EMD2025@haughtonexhibitions.ie
ART EXHIBITION
During EMD 2025 participants will have the opportunity to enjoy an immersive art installation called "PLASTIC MAGNITUDES" , displayed in main exhibition area, on the stage, at Cork City Council.
About PLASTIC MAGNITUDES
A community-specific, immersive art installation illuminating research from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on plastic particulates and their potential threat to humans as they enter the food chain as microplastics and nanoplastics.
Inspired by the flow of plastic particulates through water supply systems and the digestive tracts of mussels, the installation juxtaposes visual imagery from plastic particulate research laboratories with images of environmental plastics.
The physical materials in the installation are constructed from the fusion of repurposed sheet plastic and marine plastic debris, collected during community clean-ups in Clare and Galway, Ireland. The plastic was fused together with community members during numerous SciArt workshops where participants talked through plastic pollution and policy, eco-anxiety, and solutions. A product of community engagement, the artwork offers a creative learning environment where viewers can positively experience, process, and discuss new perspectives on the puzzling life cycle of plastics.
PLASTIC MAGNITUDES
JD Whitman
Instagram: @jdwhitman
ABOUT
JD Whitman is a professional artist, educator, and ocean advocate specializing in science communication efforts for the plastic pollution crisis. Rooted in policy-driven marine science and ocean conservation, her research practice aims to creatively illuminate anthropogenic threats to the ocean, potential solutions, and action steps for individuals and communities.
Collaborating with environmental industry specialists and cultural and creative practitioners worldwide, she develops and implements community-specific SciArt experiences to test new methods for translating complex scientific research to target audiences through nature-based experiential learning and immersive visual storytelling. These experiences work to bring the ocean to viewers, develop awareness for vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by climate change, empower or provide agency to youth leaders, help establish circular community networks fostering sustainable eco-action, and spark positive conversations surrounding environmental concerns and solutions.
For over a decade, JD’s work has addressed rising levels of negative ecological emotions (eco-anxiety), declining marine biodiversity, marine ecotoxicology, and the mounting environmental and public health risks, all associated with microplastics and nanoplastics. JD is a PhD researcher at the University of Galway and Burren College of Art. She is also an Artist/External Expert for the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission where she collaborates with the JRC SciArt Project (SciArt: Science Art Society - European Union). Her ongoing research explores ways transdisciplinary research and socially engaged practice can disseminate research on plastic particulates to channel eco-anxiety into informed eco-action.
JD received an MFA in Photography, an MFA in Sculpture, and an MA in Studio Arts from the University of Iowa (2019), and a BA from the University of Chicago with honors (2013).
Email: jaydeewhitman@gmail.com