Planes is a proposed sculptural artwork that displays data from a specific environmental study. This project seeks to bridge gaps in scientific communication that occur between the phenomenological experience in the field, laboratory analysis, and presentation of the resulting data. It is a three-dimensional model displaying hydrogeochemical data and is created using laser-etched slides illuminated by an LED strip governed by a microcontroller. The authors chose these aesthetics in response to the ineffectiveness of previously utilized two-dimensional graphs. Planes returns the data to the spatial world to connect it with the phenomenological and virtual. This is, at its core, an effort to make data accessible to a wider audience so that non-specialists can engage with the information meaningfully, as well as to provide new perspectives.
I presented this work as a poster at the 2022 International Symposium on Electronic Art with Thomas Asmuth, and it has been published in the ISEA 2022 Proceedings/Catalogue. Watch my short video presentation here!
