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spectral narratives: Art-Science Objects Unveiling Scientific Protocols for Detecting Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Urban Soils in Montreal

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spectral narratives: Art-Science Objects Unveiling Scientific Protocols for Detecting Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Urban Soils in Montreal

Vandal, Philippe (2025) spectral narratives: Art-Science Objects Unveiling Scientific Protocols for Detecting Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Urban Soils in Montreal. Masters thesis, Concordia University.

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Abstract

This research–creation project explores the intersection of art, design, and environmental chemistry by reinterpreting an analytical environmental chemistry protocol used to detect petroleum contamination in urban soils. spectral narratives investigates how artistic practice can bridge the material culture of the organic chemistry laboratory and the art studio to question the aesthetic, epistemological, and political dimensions of contamination.
Through a series of sculptural modules, each corresponding to a step in the analytical process, the project mobilizes laboratory glassware, and solvents as both scientific and aesthetic materials. The work proposes to recontextualize these elements within four installations that translate the gestures and temporality of laboratory work into perceptual and affective experiences.
Situated at the crossroads of critical design (Antonelli, 2017), environmental communication (Merskin, 2020; Schuppli, 2020), and the history and philosophy of chemistry (Bachelard, 1953; Warner, 1990; Baird, 1993; Levere, 2001; Bensaude-Vincent & Stengers, 2019), spectral narratives examines how scientific visualization contributes to the formation of environmental knowledge. The term “spectral” operates on multiple registers, referring simultaneously to optical phenomena, to analytical instrument, and to the invisible traces of industrial and ecological histories. By transforming the chemistry protocol into an installation-based narrative, the project proposes an alternative mode of representing contamination.

Divisions:Concordia University > School of Graduate Studies > Individualized Program
Item Type:Thesis (Masters)
Authors:Vandal, Philippe
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M.A.
Program:Individualized Program
Date:17 December 2025
Thesis Supervisor(s):Jarry, Alice and Miller, Liz and Gélinas, Yves
Keywords:research-creation, enviromental contamination, scientific objects, science material cultures, art-science, organic chemistry, environmental communication
ID Code:996615
Deposited By: Philippe Vandal
Deposited On:29 Jun 2026 14:12
Last Modified:29 Jun 2026 14:12

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