June 15th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opens a special exhibit at its Global Health Odyssey Museum. "Consequential Matters" is an investigation by Atlanta-based artists of the consequences of urbanization, technology, consumption, indulgence, and globalization. One of the three featured installations is "Smog is Democratic" by School of Literature, Communication, and Culture Assistant Professor Carl DiSalvo and Digital Media PhD student Jonathan Lukens.

Smog is Democratic explores particulate matter through the medium of visualization. DiSalvo and Lukens present particulate matter as a residue of life. "An investigation of particulate matter touches multiple concerns: pollution, the relationship between urban living and hygiene, the tension between scientific and artistic representations of information, and the desire to produce measurement techniques that gauge the threat of the unseen." The installation includes two large prints of data visualizations, a video of a data visualization, and twenty photographs.

The exhibit runs June 15 "" September 11, 2009