'Airlight is the name given to a visible white smog caused by the illumination of fine dust particles in the air. Airlight Taipei is a networked real-time sound and visual installation using updated data from an EPA air-quality monitoring station in central Taipei indicating various air pollutant levels including sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and ozone. This data is translated into sound and imagery in real time. The result is a rhythmic pulse that transforms throughout the day.'
N. (2005) by Andrea Polli and Joe Gilmore, with weather data modeled by Dr. Patrick Market - weather data translated into sound
Kielder reservoir in Northumberland plays host to a growing series of installations by both artists and architects. Some new works have now been completed including David Adjaye's Specere. See the links for more details. article audio slides
'Edwin Van der Heide makes installations centering on sound-time-space parameters, composing with sound and with spatial experiences.' John also came across this sound artist. web page
'Semiconductor make moving image works which reveal our physical world in flux; cities in motion, shifting landscapes and systems in chaos. Since 1999 UK artists Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt have worked with digital animation to transcend the constraints of time, scale and natural forces; they explore the world beyond human experience, questioning our very existence.' John came across these artists whose work is very relevant to the unit. semiconductor films Time Out of Place
Unit B Responsive Architecture was a 2nd and 3rd year vertical degree unit at Oxford Brookes University.
We are concerned with site sensitive architecture that relates to its time and place, continuously adjusting, responding and reacting to fit itself to the present state of its environment and inhabitants. Nothing stays still. Indeed the only constant could be said to be change itself. It seems that reaction and interaction are pre-requisites for inhabiting an environment and sheltering occupants in such a level of flux. Why therefore should architecture be static?