Air Current(s)
Air Current(s) is a dynamic wind drawing that visualizes real-time wind conditions at its exhibition site.
The drawing is generated by custom software that randomly places shapes that move according to current wind conditions. Winds from the south, for example, push the shapes up, while winds from the east push them left. Faster wind speeds make the shapes move faster. The drawing continuously draws over itself making a temporary record of wind conditions.
Weather instruments and custom electronics capture wind data and pass it along to a computer in a gallery that interprets the data in real-time to make an animated drawing.
Air Current(s) has been shown at the Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC as part of their “Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition” and in a 2013 solo exhibition, “Coded Responses,” at the Cary Arts Center in Cary, NC.
Color versions, with wind direction keyed to color, have been shown during:
- “Absolut Open Canvas” in Brooklyn, New York,
- “This Land” at Salisbury University in Maryland,
- “Science as Art” at the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, North Carolina, and
- Various “Department of Art Biennial Exhibitions” in Boone, North Carolina
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