Stewart Skylar Copeland


The Illuminated Bay (4’x6’CNC topological model, three-channel projection-mapped video) Georgia Rhodes & Stewart Copeland.

Funded by the Rhode Island Science & Technology Advisory Council, The Illuminated Bay, is a three-dimensional, projection mapped, mobile visualization platform for viewing animations of ocean model simulations using data obtained through RI C-AIM projects.



The Illuminated Bay (4’x6’CNC topological model, three-channel projection-mapped video) Georgia Rhodes & Stewart Copeland.

The Illuminated Bay was completed and publicly exhibited for the first time in August of 2021. Animations were based on data from the OSOM (Ocean State Ocean Model).



The Illuminated Bay. Projection detail. RI-GIS maps were used to create larger narratives.
This animation draws connections between human-caused coastal hardening and harmful algae blooms.

In June of 2023, the Illuminated Bay was moved to Brown University’s Lincoln Field Building where it now resides under the care of The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS).