Art and science will find a place on the same stage Tuesday.
The Gainesville First United Methodist Church will host the Crossroads Project: Rising Tide from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. — the international project’s debut in Gainesville.
Musicians and artists will collaborate to show the relationship between humans and the Earth’s sustainability, said Robert Davies, a physicist and educator at Utah State University. People can reserve tickets for the free event on the Eventbrite website.
Davies said he started the project to help people form an emotional connection to science. He collaborated with the Fry Street Quartet to develop the performance.
“Each chapter is a form of a poetic science lecture, combined with very compelling imagery, then followed by a movement of music by a string quartet that serves as a contemplative space for the information and imagery you’ve just seen,” Davies said.
In May, Aaron Colverson said he started an effort to bring the project to Gainesville.
Colverson, a UF musicology and ethnomusicology graduate student, said he hopes the event will help people gain an understanding of how their actions impact the Earth.
“It can cause a greater ability to reflect upon a daily routine and habitual actions,” he said.
Liza Allison, a 22-year-old UF tourism and recreation senior, said the event conveys an important message.
“For those of us that live at the top of the food chain, it doesn’t necessarily feel like being on the edge, but yet here we are,” she said.
