Archeology of Sky #4: Weather Chromatics

2023

Archeology of the Sky #4 series focuses on creating realtime sound and light installations that repond to analog weather data embeded in large wood rings.  The light compositions reflect on the chromatics of weather. 

Archeology of the Sky is an ongoing sound and light art series exploring wood as a memory device of ast weathers. The project enables a sensory embodiment of  past climatic conditions as documented in tree rings. By circulating water from the soil to the sky, trees become both a conduit and a record of climate information. This piece uses principles of dendroclimatology, or the study of tree rings, to represent variations in color and width of the rings as sound and light waves using a color sensor coded by Macia. It utilizes a V-Slot Mini V Linear Actuator, a type of linear motion tracker, programmed with an Arduino stepper motor and projectors.  The visual light atmospheres created in the installations attempt to decode and represent the chromatic potential of weather interpreting the climatic information on wood rings.