Martin John Callanan: A Planetary Order (Terrestrial Cloud Globe)
Title:
- A Planetary Order (Terrestrial Cloud Globe)
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Creation Year:
- 2009
Medium:
- Sculpture
Artist Statement:
A Planetary Order is a terrestrial globe showing clouds from one single moment in time: precisely 0600 UTC on 2 February 2009. It is a physical visualisation of real-time scientific data. The shimmering white cloud globe freeze-frames the entire operation of the global atmospheric regime, and subtly highlights how fragile the environmental (and informational) systems are.