Data As Art
DATA AS ART is a science/art project at NERC’s British Antarctic Survey (BAS). It visualises scientific data, to create stunning and thought-provoking artworks, using Antarctic data-sets that explain important and exciting science stories. In this exhibit, we showcase two of BAS’s DATA AS ART projects: Polar Aesthetics and Virtual Antarctica.
Polar Aesthetics: Art of the Arctic and Antarctic
What hidden histories written in polar ice can contemporary art reveal? Royal College of Art PhD candidate Wayne Binitie in collaboration with British Antarctic Survey explores this question through three installations: Solid Series, Liquid Series & Vapour Series.
Virtual Antarctica
Experience Ice Floor, a new Arup commissioned installation about climate change, by UK born artist, Wayne Binitie, in collaboration with BAS.
In Phase 1 of this project, British Antarctic Survey’s Creative Services Manager, Pete Bucktrout captured 3D images of the BAS offices and laboratories at Cambridge and at the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic facilities. For more information or to view the VR demo images head to https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/virtual-antarctica/
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- all ages
- Climate Change
- Research
Into the Dark Gallery
Battling subzero temperatures and forty-foot seas, a team of scientists embark on a perilous winter expedition into the darkest regions of the Arctic. -
- 13 and over
- Biodiversity
- Careers
- Climate Change
- Research
Kate Stanton: British Antarctic Survey Diver
Kate Stanton describes how she fell in love with ice and icebergs whilst working for British Antarctic Survey as a Field Diving Officer at Rothera Research Station. -
- 8 and over
- Climate Change
- Research
Arctic Prize: The Longest Day
This film was made during the 24 hour daylight of the Arctic Spring, when life blooms again after the darkness of the Polar winter. From the Scottish Association for Marine Science and UiT The Arctic University of Norway, funded by NERC.