Knitting and Plotting
Tests of the sensor and GPS logging are coming on well. After meeting up with the Lanternhouse knitting group last tuesday I’m keen to pursue wool as both a means of representation of the data gathered...
View ArticleJars
For the Invisible Cartographies project I’m making two types of devices that gather data on atmospheric chemistry in specific locations: one is a mobile device that relays the information it gathers to...
View ArticleHoad Plots
After spending yesterday evening working on a low power version of the sniffers, the sun finally shone on Ulverston today, so I did a quick test run up to the hoad monument which towers above the...
View ArticleOzone
Above is the terrain data from today’s test walk, just latitude, longitude and elevation in gnuplot’s beautiful default colour scheme. The sniffer has been fixed and bottled up. It’s interesting that...
View ArticleTerraforming
This afternoon was spent working on further power saving measures and then another test run up the hoad and down through Ulverston town centre. After getting back to Lanternhouse and thawing my icy...
View ArticleFord Park
After a spot of litter collecting with the volunteers at Ford Park this morning, we decided on a couple of good locations for the static canaries (the name given to the sniffers by Lanternhouse’s...
View ArticleA Mysterious Ravine
A static canary was left in Ford Park to see what invisible and diffuse bodies were passing through it over a 24 hour period (see invisible.folly.co.uk/ford-park/). After 24 hours in the park, here’s...
View ArticleRuskin and the Nephological Medium
In carrying out research into the history of air while working on this residency, Ruskin came up a number of times, which is not surprising giving the location of the residency. I know very little of...
View ArticleBackground Noise
Noise and airs are often generally subtle enough in their fluctuations to become imperceptible, defining the background of an environment due their persistence. By virtue of their existence as part of...
View ArticleTelluric Conditions
To what extent can industrial residue and a synthetic conception of nature become political assets in developing alternatives to gentrification? Rumbling Chiasmus investigates rumours of subterranean,...
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