Antarctic Thesaurus
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acidification Anthropocene atmosphere Aqualux aurora Aurora
atmosphere
Michaela Gleave, Cloudfield Installation, 2007.
The atmosphere is our common environment, linking us with all other places and life on earth...as well as serving as a membrane between ourselves and infinite time and space. Human impact on this shared space is having dramatic consequences for the entire globe, with the fragility and future degradation of environments as seemingly remote and inaccessible as Antarctica being set to have a serious impact on the global environment.
Michaela Gleave 2007
Cloudfield, first installed at Kudos Galley, University of New South Wales, in 2007, represents an atmospheric condition we share with Antarctica and all the world. In this work, you physically interact with a simulation of cloud. Water collected from the gallery roof is pumped into the pit of a small light room. Droplets from the rising cloud settle on your skin as you step inside the white. Frames of visual reference begin to disappear. A particulate whiteout in Antarctica can be imagined.
