An artist whose work examines urban sprawl and land loss due to rising sea levels will speak about his data-infused art process Thursday.

Norwood Viviano’s current exhibit at the Brunnier Art Museum, Mapping Infrastructure / Mapping Agriculture, uses data, projections and sculpture to depict change over time. His work is a lens into a different form of temporality with a breadth and immediacy foreign to mortal creatures moving slowly through time.

The exhibit is on display until July 24.

Mapping Infrastructure / Mapping Agriculture includes two series of works: “Recast” explores the shift of many U.S. cities away from industry and manufacturing to urban sprawl while “Cities Underwater” depicts the dramatic loss of land predicted due to rising sea levels over the next 500 years.

As part of the exhibition, Iowa State has commissioned two pieces depicting the Farm House Museum as well as Agronomy Hall.

“Through the dynamic unification of technology, data, and art, Viviano has developed a practice perfectly suited for a campus such as Iowa State University,” said Adrienne Gennett, curator of the Brunnier Art Museum.

Viviano, associate professor and sculpture program coordinator at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, will discuss his creative process for exploring the relationships between land, agriculture, infrastructure and community through sculpture. A conversation with fellow glass artist Beth Lipman comparing the different ways they engage with similar sculpting processes will follow Viviano’s discussion.

The event begins at 5 p.m. at Brunnier. It’s free and open to the public.