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Drowning by Numbers - mapping four seasons at one location
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."
History
Medium
Digital Video Projection run from Custom SoftwareDepartment/School
School of Creative Arts and MediaPublisher
Hobart City CouncilExtent
18 minutesEvent Venue
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, HobartDate of Event (Start Date)
2008-08-02Date of Event (End Date)
2008-09-14Rights statement
Copyright © The ArtistRepository Status
- Open