EUNSU KANG

Membranes 1.5: Windhover

Peter Niewiarowski’s (biologist) life long research is salamander population changes and migrations. Menbranes 1.5: Windhover interprets this migration information, genetically determined, among 17 ponds around Akron and Cleveland. It is represented as an interactive space reacting to the participants' motions and shapes. When participants enter the space, they are submerged into this imaginary water-filled space and visualization of biological data from these ponds in Ohio. The 'membranes' are like different permeability of the landscapes that the salamanders have to traverse when they move among ponds, for some membranes are more permeable than others. The spinning objects suggest centripetal and centrifugal forces deflecting and attracting migrant salamanders. The participant’s presence distorts the visualization as a metaphor of human interaction with nature in the world.

in collaboration with Peter Niewiarowski and Donald Craig