Introduction: Mediating Public Space: Art and Technology That Goes Beyond the Frame Art Gallery.

The article reports that the Art Gallery, artists were invited to be inspired by the convention center's public art collection, by the broader concept of public art today, through the lens of new media that creates learning through ingenuity and exploration. Examines that artists were encouraged to submit fusions of art and technology that contemplate what role public art projects and artists play in the shifting ecological, political, social and global-relations climates and reports that video installation explores ecological preservation and connectedness through the imperiled freshwater species in the Appalachian region.