EMBODIMENT.HTML 2024

EMBODIMENT.HTML 2024

What if wearing real-time environmental data could alter the trajectory of resource extraction?

GAZE & SURVEILLANCE

3D RENDERED GARMENTS, C4D

This project begins with the concept of parasympathy - how embodied wearing can ignite a visceral connection to change. Drawing from Google Earth data catalogs, it transforms human impact on the environment into a tactile, almost textile-like experience. By exploring this fusion, the work seeks to evoke empathy and provoke shifts in perception and action.

CSP gHM: Global Human Modification

The global Human Modification dataset (gHM): cumulative measure of human modification of terrestrial lands globally. gHM values, ranging from 0.0 to 1.0, measure the extent and intensity of human modification at a given location. They are based on five major anthropogenic stressors (circa 2016) mapped using 13 datasets:

  • Human settlement: Population density, built-up areas

  • Agriculture: Cropland, livestock

  • Transportation: Roads (major, minor, two-track), railroads

  • Mining and energy production

  • Electrical infrastructure: Power lines, nighttime lights

DATASET FROM EARTH ENGINE DATA CATALOGUE

Sentinel-5P NRTI CO: Near Real-Time Carbon Monoxide real-time high-resolution imagery of CO concentrations

This dataset provides near real-time, high-resolution imagery of carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations.

  • CO significance: Key for understanding tropospheric chemistry; a major pollutant in urban areas.

  • Sources: Fossil fuel combustion (dominant in northern mid-latitudes), biomass burning, and methane/hydrocarbon oxidation (important in the tropics).

  • TROPOMI observations: The Sentinel-5P satellite uses clear-sky and cloudy-sky measurements in the 2.3 μm SWIR range to provide CO total columns, with sensitivity to the tropospheric boundary layer.

DATASET FROM EARTH ENGINE DATA CATALOGUE

Sentinel-5P NRTI O3: Near Real-Time Ozone

This dataset provides near-real-time, high-resolution imagery of total column ozone concentrations (see COPERNICUS/S5P/OFFL/L3_O3_TCL for tropospheric data).

  • Stratospheric ozone: Protects the biosphere from harmful UV radiation.

  • Tropospheric ozone: Cleans the atmosphere but can harm humans, animals, and vegetation at high concentrations.

  • Climate impact: Ozone is a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change.

DATASET FROM EARTH ENGINE DATA CATALOGUE