Andrea Polli | USA |
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According to a 1999 report published by the Environmental Defense Fund, New York City will be dramatically impacted by global warming in the near future. Average temperatures in New York could increase by one to four degrees fahrenheit by 2030, and up to ten degrees by 2100. According to the Metropolitan East Coast Assessment, the impacts of these changes on this major metropolitan area will be great. Heat and the Heartbeat of the City is a series of sonifications (musical compositions created by directly translating data to sound) that illustrate these dramatic changes focusing on the heart of New York City and one of the city\'s first locations for climate monitoring, Central Park. As you listen to the compositions, you will travel forward in time at an accelerated pace and experience an intensification of heat in sound. Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in New York City. She is currently an Associate Professor of Film and Media at Hunter College. Polli\'s work addresses science and technology in contemporary society. She has exhibited and lectured nationally and internationally. She has worked in collaboration with scientists to develop systems
for understanding storms and climate through sound. For this work,
she has been recognized by the UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2003 and
has presented work in the 2004 Ogaki Biennale in Japan and at the
World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva.
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