The exhibition runs from the 24th May - 14th July
@ Incinerator Gallery
180 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds
About the
Work
Life Support Systems uses NASA space suit helmet glass
to map the history of monitoring Earth’s Atmosphere and today’s attitudes
towards Climate Change: the forecast for tomorrow.
Visually we
first became aware of the role Earth’s atmosphere plays in weather and
sustaining our environment in the space race’s iconographic images.
In the 1950s the dichroic glass lens of the space suit helmet reflected the
first view of Earth as
a tiny fragment in an ecosystem of universal proportions from which no part is
immune from the changes of its counterparts. NASA’s
further atmospheric observations have revealed the current ecological crisis.
We produce
vast amounts of scientific data to comprehend changing environmental
conditions. This information challenges our perception of our environment and
ourselves as we strive to understand the balance we need to live sustainably.
Life Support Systems is a series of three atmospheric
weather maps that chart shifting weather conditions in the atmosphere over
Antarctica that have global implications. The work aims to explore how the
forecast for tomorrow’s weather is reliant on our perception of our environment
today.
You can see
Jasmine talking more about the work by clicking (here)
You can
find out more about the award by clicking (here)
