Mark & Lizzy: Week 1

Introduction to Mark

Mark is an astrophysicist currently based at Durham University (United Kingdom), formerly at Johns Hopkins University, studying the "cosmic web" of galaxies and matter in the universe. Mark likes to think of galaxies as being arranged kind of like a bubbly foam - the matter is where the soap is, and inside the bubbles are largely evacuated regions called voids. The galaxies are at vertices where a few soap bubbles come together.

Mark has been interested in visualization and sonification for years, mostly looking at the beautiful structure the cosmic web forms. Most recently, he has been exploring a new way to represent the cosmic web that has some physics behind it: paper origami. 

Introduction to Lizzy

Lizzy is a multidisciplinary visual artist who received a BFA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. Her work has been shown at the Newark Museum, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Index Art Center, and Arts Guild New Jersey. She was awarded the Newark Print Shop Keyholder residency, and was a resident at Gallery Aferro from 2014-2016. Her public works have been exhibited with Activate: Market St. and Gateway Project Spaces in Newark, NJ. She owns and operates an apparel company, Lizzy Storm Designs, and maintains a studio in Atlanta, GA.