Viewers can also interact with the installation to create different soundscapes and through various processes of user interactivity, the installation aims to convey the scale of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
"The concept is focused on the largest ice mass on planet Earth, Antarctica," says artist and lecturer onacloV (Dr Caitilin de Bérigny Wall), who led a team that included 12 design students, and sound designer/composer and lecturer Michael Bates.
"Our motivation stems from an urgency to understand, what has been labelled humanity's greatest challenge and our greatest threat: climate change."
Dr onacloV says the project has allowed students to develop and demonstrate leading skills and knowledge in Tangible User Interface (TUI) technologies.
"Students have gained an amazing level of competency in TUI placing them at the forefront of the future of information installation and interaction design."
Event details
What: InterAntarctica: Interactive Installation
Where: Design Lab, Sentient, Faculty of Architecture. 148 City Road, Level 2.
Public opening: Friday, 20 November, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: 23-26 November, 12 pm-5
Media inquiries: Jackie Chowns
Phone: 02 9036 5404 or 0434 605 018
[email protected]