In Conversation with…Eduardo Restrepo

Colombian Eco-Photographer

Between April 2022 and the summer of 2023, galerie PLUTO director Dr Jeremy Wasser interviewed Colombian photographer and filmmaker Eduardo Restrepo and his son and guitarist Julián Restrepo. The interview, held in Köln, Germany, highlighted Eduardo Restrepo's lifetime work in the Colombian Highlands and his commitment to the ecosystems and peoples of his homeland. From these collaborations, a two-part interview and photography video were produced. Learn about the talented and well-traveled Eduardo Restrepo in his own words in “In Conversation with…Eduardo Restrepo.”

part one

Learn about Eduardo Restrepo through his own words as he tells stories of his early work to his current work in eco-photography and filmmaking.

part two

Dive deeper into Eduardo Restrepo’s photographic picks on some of the most ecologically and culturally significant natural environments and communities.

part three

Listen to the musical compositions of guitarist Julián Restrepo as you enjoy additional photography by Eduardo Restrepo.

Healing Spaces

In Conversation with hospital rooms and sen sound

In September 2020, galerie PLUTO director, Dr. Jeremy Wasser moderates a discussion with two pairs of remarkable innovators, Yoko K. Sen and Avery Sen of Sen Sound and Niamh White and Tim A. Shaw of Hospital Rooms. Join Dr. Wasser as Sen Sound and Hospital Rooms discuss how they use their art to change the visual and aural landscape of healthcare spaces.

full program

Watch the full length discussion between Yoko K. Sen and Avery Sen of Sen Sound and Niamh White and Tim A. Shaw of Hospital Rooms led by PLUTO director, Dr. Jeremy Wasser. This feature includes the unedited presentations of each organization.

in conversation with…hospital rooms

Hospital Rooms founders Tim A. Shaw and Niamh White discuss the creation of their organization after a close friend was committed to a locked mental health ward. Learn about their impact of their award-winning projects on inpatient mental health wards.

in conversation with…sen sound

Sen Sound is a human-centered audio design studio with a mission to transform the sound environment in hospitals. Learn more about their team of sound designers, musicians, and researchers improve the sound experience in healthcare environments.

Only What We Love: Understanding Materials as Shared Narrative

Jane Brucker & Dr. Jeremy Wasser

PART OF A SERIES OF TALKS by Trier University of Applied Sciences

How can a desire for sustainable living manifest in an ethical art practice without being driven by store bought materials or limited to natural materials such as rocks and sticks? Can material choices contribute to the creation of individual or shared narratives that satisfy our human need for continuity and placemaking on a disturbingly fast-changing planet?

Artist Jane Brucker’s material choices are a response to this poetic and ecological challenge. In this presentation, Brucker and her partner/collaborator, biologist and historian of medicine Dr. Jeremy Wasser, marry science and aesthetics to discuss an approach to materials that embrace an ethic of care as a critical social aspect of sustainability. They take as inspiration a quote from the great Senegalese forestry engineer Baba Dioum he notes, “In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.”