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Drowning by Numbers - mapping four seasons at one location

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posted on 2023-05-25, 07:37 authored by Martin WalchMartin Walch
Drowning by Numbers inverts this process, and instead uses the language of mapping (Eastings and Northings from GPS tracking of exploratory wanderings in an area), to re-create images of that specific place, as it has changed over a period of eighteen months. The area depicted is a drowned river valley above a Hydro dam on the Upper Derwent. The lake supply level varies seasonally according to rainfall and electricity usage, alternately draining and drowning the land. The art-work is constantly being generated by a computer program written in an open source java programming environment called "Processing". Thus the program builds each image differently every time, whilst also changing the overall order of the images."

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Medium

Digital Video Projection run from Custom Software

Department/School

School of Creative Arts and Media

Publisher

Hobart City Council

Extent

18 minutes

Event Venue

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

Date of Event (Start Date)

2008-08-02

Date of Event (End Date)

2008-09-14

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Copyright © The Artist

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

The creative arts

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