Exposition KOG: Cinquecento Medusae (500 jellyfish)
What do jellyfish have to do with climate change? You can find out from 24 March onwards, by walking under hundreds of jellyfish at Leiden Law School’s Kamerlingh Onnes Building.
Raising awareness
Organised by Leiden University Green Office (LUGO) and our university's central sustainability team, the Cinquecento Medusae (500 jellyfish) exhibition by artist Rosanna Baledda aims to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on our oceans. It does so by alerting the public to a phenomenon caused by climate change and marine pollution: the increasing number of jellyfish and the disappearance of biodiversity.
Rampant multiplication
Jellyfish are very beautiful, as you can see at the exhibition, but their rampant multiplication is a symptom of a serious problem. The exhibition also highlights the point of view of sea turtles, who love eating jellyfish but confuse them with certain types of plastic in the ocean.
Official opening: 24 March at 16.00
You are warmly invited to attend the official opening from 16.00 – 17.00 on Monday 24 March. The full programme of the opening is provided below. Please note language for this event is English.
Location: Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw, C0 hall and the opening in C0.06
Deadline to register: 19 March.
Programme in C0.06
16.00 – 16.05 Welcome – Dean Suzan Stoter and LUGO student
16.05 – 16.10 Fabian Grass, Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Bilateral Affairs
16.10 – 16.15 Rosanna Baledda (artist)
16.15 – 16.40 Leonie Caesar (Urgenda) https://www.urgenda.nl/
16.40 – 16.55 Hilde Woker and Esther Kentin (Leiden Law School)
Title: ‘Protecting the oceans through international law’
16.55 – 17.00 Symbolic opening
17.00 – 18.00 Drinks