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Allora & Calzadilla
Aeolian Chart, 2023
Watercolor on paper
129.5 x 208.3 cm
51 x 82 in
Framed: 136.2 x 214.9 x 5.1 cm
Framed: 53 5/8 x 84 5/8 x 2 in
Aeolian Chart is a watercolor series that takes inspiration from the wind, a force connecting distant people and places. Using contemporary and ancient wind forecasting technologies, nautical charts, historical records, literature, and climate databases as a point of departure, the images depict wind direction and speed in a particular region in the world.
However, the textual and numerical information that normally appears in such forecasts is replaced with world events in maritime and climatological history. As a result, a new map emerges, one in which the wind movement of the present overlaps with past events.
This work references Mareel, a four-century old bioluminescent bacterial phenomenon that occurs in large areas of the ocean and Hunga Haʻapai a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago, which generated the largest atmospheric explosion recorded by modern instrumentation in 2021.
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Allora & Calzadilla
Aeolian Chart, 2023
Watercolor on paper
129.5 x 208.3 cm
51 x 82 in
Framed: 136.2 x 214.9 x 5.1 cm
Framed: 53 5/8 x 84 5/8 x 2 in
Aeolian Chart is a watercolor series that takes inspiration from the wind, a force connecting distant people and places. Using contemporary and ancient wind forecasting technologies, nautical charts, historical records, literature, and climate databases as a point of departure, the images depict wind direction and speed in a particular region in the world.
However, the textual and numerical information that normally appears in such forecasts is replaced with world events in maritime and climatological history. As a result, a new map emerges, one in which the wind movement of the present overlaps with past events.
This work references Mareel, a four-century old bioluminescent bacterial phenomenon that occurs in large areas of the ocean and Hunga Haʻapai a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago, which generated the largest atmospheric explosion recorded by modern instrumentation in 2021.
![A&C230001 artwork](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/27492/A_C230001_002.jpg)
Allora & Calzadilla
Aeolian Chart, 2023
Watercolor on paper
129.5 x 208.3 cm
51 x 82 in
Framed: 136.2 x 214.9 x 5.1 cm
Framed: 53 5/8 x 84 5/8 x 2 in
Aeolian Chart is a watercolor series that takes inspiration from the wind, a force connecting distant people and places. Using contemporary and ancient wind forecasting technologies, nautical charts, historical records, literature, and climate databases as a point of departure, the images depict wind direction and speed in a particular region in the world.
However, the textual and numerical information that normally appears in such forecasts is replaced with world events in maritime and climatological history. As a result, a new map emerges, one in which the wind movement of the present overlaps with past events.
This work references Mareel, a four-century old bioluminescent bacterial phenomenon that occurs in large areas of the ocean and Hunga Haʻapai a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago, which generated the largest atmospheric explosion recorded by modern instrumentation in 2021.
![A&C230001 artwork](https://lisson-art.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/image/body/27493/A_C230001_003.jpg)
Allora & Calzadilla
Aeolian Chart, 2023
Watercolor on paper
129.5 x 208.3 cm
51 x 82 in
Framed: 136.2 x 214.9 x 5.1 cm
Framed: 53 5/8 x 84 5/8 x 2 in
Aeolian Chart is a watercolor series that takes inspiration from the wind, a force connecting distant people and places. Using contemporary and ancient wind forecasting technologies, nautical charts, historical records, literature, and climate databases as a point of departure, the images depict wind direction and speed in a particular region in the world.
However, the textual and numerical information that normally appears in such forecasts is replaced with world events in maritime and climatological history. As a result, a new map emerges, one in which the wind movement of the present overlaps with past events.
This work references Mareel, a four-century old bioluminescent bacterial phenomenon that occurs in large areas of the ocean and Hunga Haʻapai a submarine volcano in the Tongan archipelago, which generated the largest atmospheric explosion recorded by modern instrumentation in 2021.