Amid is an installation created by Inés Cámara Leret and Jesse Cahn-Thompson. A real-time sonification of air in response to minute-to-minute changes of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone gases. The gases are most commonly associated with air pollution. The aim of the project is to recontextualise the experience of climate change by creating a new experience that transcends political biases. Each gas is assigned specific tones and notes. As detected levels increase and decrease in the space, the musicality follows up and down scale.
4717 was a ten day exhibition hosted by Dyson Gallery in London with four artists, Inés Cámara Leret, Jesse Cahn-Thompson, Libita Clayton, and Anne De Boer, creating new commissions in response to the LUX collection.
Curation by Olivia Aherne, Lizzie Cottrell, Emily Davis, Evie Gurney, Nilz Källgren, Helene Remmel, Alistair Small and the Royal College of Art.
Supported by Apart Audio, Audio-Technica, and Air Monitors UK. Special thanks to Dr. Benjamin Barratt and the London Air Quality Network for guidance. Milo Winningham for his technical expertise.
Note: The AQ mesh sensor and API are no longer active. The audio is a fragment of the original piece.
AQ Mesh, nine speakers, JavaScript, Ableton Live: source