e-Oculus from Andrea Polli on Vimeo
Andrea Polli creates visual representations of data for public display, as a way to communicate otherwise invisible information such as the amount of pollutants in the atmosphere, or in the case of e-Oculus the rise and fall of the stock market. What makes her work so unique is the real-time aspect of her work. Her visual installations are programmed to react to the information as they are receiving it. Her work is concept driven, with a desire to communicate information in a way which encourages you to look with a different perspective.
Polli has done many digital installations such as the one above (just look at her Vimeo channel to see more) but she has also done some sound work, like Sonic Antarctica. Sonic Antarctica is a collection of sounds heard while she was in Antarctica, both natural and technological, compiled into a soundtrack of sorts. This soundtrack highlights the unique political and cultural situation of Antarctica, being a collective of scientists virtually outside of those systems, and also to bring attention to the rapidly changing climate of the Antarctic. Polli's work always involves collaboration, from scientists to programmers to industrial workers, and these two works highlight that.
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