The Plankton Chronicles Project is a documentary series, (20 episodes in english, french and spanish) combining art and science, revealing the beauty and diversity of planktonic organisms. Plankton samples are collected and photographed at the Villefranche-sur-Mer Oceanographic Observatory and on board expedition vessels, using the dark field technique and macro lenses or microscopes equipped with cameras. Christian Sardet from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sharif Mirshak and Noé Sardet (Parafilms, Montreal) have created these films for the past 10 years and have gathered an extensive database of images.
The Plankton Chronicles started as part of the Tara Oceans Expedition Project, financed by the CNRS, UPMC, and is now independantly runned as a science outreach and art project through exhibitions, interactive instalations and more…