Passage of Water: Artistic Exploration of Earth’s Freshwater with Google and NASA

Passage of Water is Yiyun Kang’s artwork in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture and NASA to highlight the significance of freshwater. Kang uses the datasets and scientific expertise that NASA satellites and scientists provide, employing immersive storytelling and audio-visual techniques to address the climate crisis and its impact on freshwater. Passage of Water web artwork was launched on the Google Arts & Culture platform on 30 November 2023. Kang then adapted the online experiment into an in-person exhibition at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) Dubai, UAE from 30 November to 12 December 2023. This paper is co-written by Yiyun Kang (Kang), the artist of this project and Jeanyoon Choi (Choi), the web developer and data analyst of this project. This paper uses the designations Kang, Choi, and We as appropriate.