Minima-Maxima

Corby, T. and Baily, G. 2017. Minima-Maxima. London Tom Corby.

TitleMinima-Maxima
CreatorsCorby, T. and Baily, G.
Description

Minima-Maxima 0.1 animates a time-series of climate data from the arctic between 1984 – 2012 derived from drifting buoys and satellite measurements of sea ice age. It was funded by Arts Council England and the Natural Environment Research Council.

The work comes in two parts - a data driven moving image work and a physical installation. The visual component of the installation is a data-driven looped animation showing the yearly summer-winter fluctuations of arctic sea ice age (minima-maxima) over an extended period of 25 years. A flickering image of the morphology of the region develops during which a noticeable circle appears in its centre. The circle indicates the limits of remote sensing, the blind spot where the satellite cannot see. As playback continues this spot gets smaller, which indicates a point in time when a new and more powerful satellite begins to track the region.

Minima-Maxima 0.2 presents a terser or more minimal set of approaches. By materializing the entire data set used in Minima-Maxima 0.1 as print-outs arranged quasi-bureaucratically, the installation lays bare scientific data to public scrutiny and navigation, reminding us that data is always situated and embodied in contextual, discursive and material practices that exceed a technical base, e.g its production through human labour in the field, the vast infrastructure of server farms that store process and distribute it, legal and other processes.

Both versions of Minima-Maxima reimagine processes of environmental change as forms of knowledge production that cut across and entangle themselves in technical, environmental social and material process.

Funded by Arts Council England and the Natural Environment Research Council

KeywordsArctic, data, data art, climate change
Year2017
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Place of publicationLondon
Web address (URL)https://vimeo.com/214151494
https://vimeo.com/195266269

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Connor, S., Corby, T., Nafus, D., Hawes, H., Smith, M. and Teasley, S. 2018. Numbers/Data: A Roundtable. Journal of Visual Culture. 16 (3), pp. 355-385. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470412917742083

CODEX: mapping co-created data for speculative geographies
Corby, T., Baily, G. and Sabbata, S 2017. CODEX: mapping co-created data for speculative geographies. Leonardo. 50 (1), pp. 70-71. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01347

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Blood and Bones
Corby, T. 2014. Blood and Bones. Tom Corby.

I stood up (2015)
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Visualizing the news: mutant barcodes and geographies of conflict
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The Southern Ocean Studies
Corby, T., Baily, G. and Mackenzie, J. 2011. The Southern Ocean Studies. Istanbul, Turkey 14 - 21 Sep 2011

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Systemness: towards a data aesthetics of climate change
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Landscapes of feeling arenas of action: information visualisation as art practice
Corby, T. 2008. Landscapes of feeling arenas of action: information visualisation as art practice. Leonardo: Art Science and Technology. 41 (5), pp. 460-467. https://doi.org/10.1162/leon.2008.41.5.460

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Cyclone.soc: an interactive artwork visualizing Internet newsgroup postings as cyclonic weather conditions
Corby, T. and Baily, G. 2007. Cyclone.soc: an interactive artwork visualizing Internet newsgroup postings as cyclonic weather conditions. Journal of Visualization. 10 (4), p. 339.

CYCLONE.SOC
Corby, T. and Baily, G. 2007. CYCLONE.SOC. Oi Futuro Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 Aug 2007

Information aesthetics: data visualisation as art
Corby, T. 2007. Information aesthetics: data visualisation as art. The Ninth International Symposium on Fluid Control, Measurement and Visualization (FLUCOME 2007). University of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 16 - 19 Sep 2007

CYCLONE.SOC
Corby, T. 2006. CYCLONE.SOC. Ars Electronica Centre, Linz 05 - 11 Sep 2006

Reconnoitre (release 2)
Corby, T. and Baily, G. 2005. Reconnoitre (release 2). NTT Inter-Communication Center [ICC] Tokyo 21 Feb - 21 Mar 2005

Mesh
Corby, T. and Baily, G. 2005. Mesh. Media art festival, São Paulo Sep 2005

System poetics and software refuseniks
Corby, T. 2005. System poetics and software refuseniks. in: Corby, T. (ed.) Network art: practices and positions London, UK Routledge.

Introduction
Corby, T. 2005. Introduction. in: Corby, T. (ed.) Network art: practices and positions London, UK Routledge.

Gameboy UltraF_uk
Corby, T., Barreto, R. and Perissinotto, P. 2004. Gameboy UltraF_uk. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 05 Feb - 24 Feb 2002

Loop_Reprise
Corby, T. 2002. Loop_Reprise. The Machida Museum of Arts, Tokyo 25 Nov 2001 - 25 Jan 2002

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