"I arrived around dusk at a location near Mt. Irish, with the moon soon to rise from the East. As the temperature dropped at dusk, there was a noticeable shift in the humidity, wind, and sounds, and even the smells. First I positioned my equipment: one camera overlooking this scene to record a timelapse and my main camera to shoot this photograph. Then I started light painting."
Designed as a “provocative artifact,” the multimedia piece Annie and the Shaman raises questions about how information is collected, archived and employed. The work connects two contexts with notable data histories: Nevada’s aboveground atomic testing and its Basin and Range region. To highlight an empirical engagement with location, audio and visual data from the famous 1953 Annie test was visually integrated into a relevant context on location, rather than composing visuals post hoc. The project proposes onsite data visualizations as a method to encourage researcher and public engagement, especially when original data and process information is included with the exhibit.
— Julian Kilker
Article
Read my research article about this project: Exploring Data via Provocative Artifacts. Citation: Kilker, J. A. (2017). Annie and the Shaman: Exploring Data via Provocative Artifacts. Leonardo, 50(2), 186-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01380
Listening station audio tracks
Ambient sounds on location [1mb mp3]
Original blast recording [2.3mb mp3]
The Annie blast [1.5 mb mp3]
The technique [1mb mp3]
About the project [1mb mp3]
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