Laboratory for the Future: Closing event with Debra Scacco

The community is invited to celebrate the completion of Laboratoire pour l'avenir and join artist Debra Scacco for a guided exhibit walkthrough at 12:30 p.m.

As the premier artiste en résidence nommé par la ville au City Yards de Santa Monica, Scacco collaborated with the Division de la récupération des ressources et du recyclage et le Division de l'eau de la Département des travaux publics from 2023 to 2025. Her work explores the vital yet often unseen systems that sustain urban life — from water and waste infrastructure to the people who maintain them.

Laboratoire pour l'avenir showcases two years of artistic research and creative exploration, featuring works inspired by visits to well sites and sanitation stations, sculptures made from Santa Monica water well excavation clay and Pacific Ocean driftwood, and GIS-based visualizations of the city’s water pathways. The exhibition also delves into compost and waste stream research, offering a unique perspective on the intersection of art, science et engagement civique.

Laboratoire pour l'avenir est un projet de Artiste en résidence de City Yards Debra Scacco, rendu possible par la Ville de Santa Monica Division des affaires culturelles, le Programme "Pourcentage pour l'art, et le Ville de Santa Monica Département des travaux publics.