SFJF

Lots of jellies washed up on Ocean Beach today.

Jelly Moves

Glow Glint Glister

Submarine colonization

Incorporating Jellies

Jellyfish Burger
3D Digital Composite, 2009

I [Dave Beck] worked with a marine scientist, Jennifer Jacquet, to create this digital piece. You can find the inspiration for this collaboration, along with other information about her research, on her blog. Received an award from the NSF and featured in Science Featured in the New York Times and National Geographic

Written on the napkin in the above image:
"Overfishing has reduced jellyfish predators and climate change has increased oceans temperatures.  Jellies thrive in empty, warmer oceans. Without changes in global fishing policies, the seafood of the future is rubbery--the jellyfish burger is so close to becoming a reality, we can taste it..."

H.D. on Jellyfish Consciousness

In her Notes on Thought and Vision, Hilda Doolittle describes a higher level of consciousness and erotic creativity through the figure of a jellyfish. The image she gives is of a jellyfish sitting on her head with feelers extending into the world and connecting with the world. Jellyfish consciousness was a way of perceiving through gendered, embodied experiences.

Jellyfish becoming (with) Limaceous

Liminal Life

"A gelatinous, nearly transparent sea creature that resembles a jelly fish and a slug, known as a salp. The creatures have what appear to be green horns at one end and rows of muscles at the other end."

"Salps move through the ocean by contracting, thereby pumping water through their gelatinous bodies. The slimy creatures strain the pumped water through its internal feeding filters, feeding on phytoplankton in the process."