Idea by
Nico Alexandroff
AfterBodies
https://www.nicoalexandroff.com/
Call for ideas 2021
Indexical Ice
Indexical Ice
- Systemic changes
Greenland’s ice is melting at a rate never seen before by humanity. The current process of evidencing and acting upon planetary-scale changes is riddled in bureaucratic systems of science and politics and is far slower than the temporality of the climate emergency. Indexical Ice proposes an alternative system, using three environmental phenomena that occur on Greenland’s south-west coast in combination with three sites of mineral extraction the project proposes a series of parasitic sensors that expose both the environmental phenomena and the industrial activity. It challenges current systems of scientific visualisations which often result in information overloads and an over-reliance of climate modelling to influence political action, questioning the relationship between the problem and the model we use to understand the problem. The project culminates by deploying this methodology of climate aesthetics at various venues of discourse, places that are necessary for enabling action.
Indexical Ice
Indexical Ice
- Systemic changes
Greenland’s ice is melting at a rate never seen before by humanity. The current process of evidencing and acting upon planetary-scale changes is riddled in bureaucratic systems of science and politics and is far slower than the temporality of the climate emergency. Indexical Ice proposes an alternative system, using three environmental phenomena that occur on Greenland’s south-west coast in combination with three sites of mineral extraction the project proposes a series of parasitic sensors that expose both the environmental phenomena and the industrial activity. It challenges current systems of scientific visualisations which often result in information overloads and an over-reliance of climate modelling to influence political action, questioning the relationship between the problem and the model we use to understand the problem. The project culminates by deploying this methodology of climate aesthetics at various venues of discourse, places that are necessary for enabling action.