Dialogues with Tomorrow - Atmospheric Commons
Cloud Car by Andrea Polli
Following the success of the 2010 series, Hikurangi is proudly supporting a second season of Dialogues with Tomorrow, a series of stimulating not lecturing lectures produced by Now Future.
Dialogues with Tomorrow brings together artists, scientists, business people and thinkers to have constructive dialogue on themes related to climate change. In each session an artist or cultural commentator presents ideas and work inspired by environmental issues. A response is provided by an expert in the field, followed by a lively illuminating discussion to bring together the knowledge, ideas and reactions of the speakers.
Atmospheric Commons - Thursday 23 June
If you are in Wellington, come along to the next dialogue entitled, Atmospheric Commons - a dialogue between Digital media artist Andrea Polli and severe weather forecaster Erick Brunstrum.
Andrea Polli’s work has taken her to both Polar regions and the centres of huge developing cities where she works with atmospheric scientists and their data. How does her work help us to understand the way we measure, interpret and respond to the ceiling that shelters us all, namely
our joint atmosphere? Join Andrea in conversation with meteorologist and poet, Erick Brenstrum.
Thursday 23rd June
6:30 –8:00pm
Massey University Lecture Theatre
Room 10A02
Old Museum Building (signs from the main entrance)
Free Entry
Andrea Polli
Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in New Mexico. Her work with science, technology and media has appeared in over 100 presentations, exhibitions and performances internationally, and has been recognised by numerous grants, residencies and awards including a NYFA Artist’s Fellowship, the Fullbright Specialist Award and the UNESCO Digital Arts Award.
She currently works in collaboration with atmospheric scientists to develop systems for understanding storm and climate through sound (called sonification). Recent projects include: a spatialized sonification of models of storms that devastated the New York area, and a real-time multi-channel sonification and visualization of weather in the Arctic. In 2007/2008 she spent seven weeks in Antarctica on a National Science Foundation funded project. www.90degreessouth.org
As a member of the steering committee for New York 2050, a project envisioning the future of New York City, she worked with city planners, environmental scientists, historians and other experts to look at the impact of climate on the future of human life locally and globally.
Erick Brenstrum
A severe weather forecaster with MetService, Erick Brenstrum has been writing articles on the weather for over twenty years in magazines such as New Zealand Geographic and New Zealand Flight Safety, and has also written The New Zealand Weather Book and Thalassa, a book of poetry. He has received communicator merit awards from the New Zealand Association of Scientists, a Henry Hill Award from MetService and has been awarded life membership of the New Zealand Meteorological Society. He has a regular slot on Radio New Zealand’s Nights programme with Bryan Crump talking about weather around the world.
Further Information
For more information on the 2011 season of dialogues click here.
For information on the 2010 series of dialogues click here.
For podcasts of the 2010 series click here.
