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Peripheries
Two-channel HD video projection, audio
9 minutes 25 seconds
2017
At Some Distance in the Direction Indicated, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, installation view, 2018
Peripheries explores advancements in technological aids that connect the present and the foreseeable future. The video opens with 41 significant projected storms predicted to affect Ireland between the years 2040 - 2060, and continues on to profile the geographical schedule of events associated with 6 separate forecasted storms. The storm projections in the artwork are based on the output of an ensemble of high-resolution climate models. These models simulate changes in the atmosphere and oceans, as greenhouse gases - such as CO2 - increase and are expressed in terms of Global Positioning System datasets. The work inquires into contemporary concerns about long-term futures and alludes to the ancient world’s arbiter of truth, the Oracle.
Kindly supported by The Arts Council of Ireland’s Project Award (2017).
Two-channel HD video projection, audio
9 minutes 25 seconds
2017
At Some Distance in the Direction Indicated, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, installation view, 2018
Peripheries explores advancements in technological aids that connect the present and the foreseeable future. The video opens with 41 significant projected storms predicted to affect Ireland between the years 2040 - 2060, and continues on to profile the geographical schedule of events associated with 6 separate forecasted storms. The storm projections in the artwork are based on the output of an ensemble of high-resolution climate models. These models simulate changes in the atmosphere and oceans, as greenhouse gases - such as CO2 - increase and are expressed in terms of Global Positioning System datasets. The work inquires into contemporary concerns about long-term futures and alludes to the ancient world’s arbiter of truth, the Oracle.
Kindly supported by The Arts Council of Ireland’s Project Award (2017).
