DIVERGENT WARMTH

About This Project

Special Note:

World Premiere

Filmmaker:

Megan Lubetkin

Total Running Time:

0:09:27

Filming Location:

Pacific Ocean

Filmmaker Origin:

Maine, USA

Synopsis:

Divergent Warmth is an exploratory descent to a divergent boundary. The deep submergence vehicle Alvin frequently dives along the East Pacific Rise, where the seafloor is ripping apart along a seam. Despite the immense pressure several kilometers deep, creatures live on energy biosynthesized from the interplay of heat and chemical elements. Experimental research about life and the surfaces it thrives on is an ongoing practice here. Divergent Warmth is both an illustration of life and the conduct of science, and a reflection on the process of understanding complex systems.

This film to be screened at:

8/08/20 – Eastern Promenade – Portland