EVENT:
UC Irvine's Beall Center for Art and Technology presents
"Atmospherics/Weather Works," an exhibition that uses real science and
data to create sonifications of global climate change, air pollution,
ocean waves and other phenomena. Created by new media artist Andrea
Polli, each work is accompanied by striking visual art. The title work
is a powerful sonification of temperature, pressure, wind and moisture
data taken from Hurricane Bob, which devastated the New York/Long Island
area in 1991. "Airlight SoCal," created for and debuting at the Beall
Center, uses current data from air-quality monitoring stations around
Southern California to create a soundscape that accompanies a real-time
image of Interstate 5, itself transformed by changes in data.

Also making their U.S. debut are "T2: Tide, Wind and Wave in the Pacific
Rim," which creates an environment using live webcams, ocean data and
other sources from the Pacific coasts of the U.S. and New Zealand, and
"The Strange Journey of PM2.5," which considers the path of a pollution
particle riding air channels from China to the U.S. Other works include
"Heat and the Heartbeat of the City," which illustrates the dramatic
temperature changes expected as a warming climate takes its toll on New
York City, and "N.," an interpretation of climate changes in the Arctic.

WHEN:
Opening reception: 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007
Andrea Polli will attend and be available to the media.

WHERE:
Beall Center for Art and Technology, UCI's Claire Trevor School of the
Arts
Map: www.uci.edu/campusmap

INFORMATION:
Exhibition runs Jan. 5-March 17, 2007. Admission is free and exhibit
open to the public. Beall Center hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday, and noon-8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For more
information, call 949-824-4339 or visit beallcenter.uci.edu.

BACKGROUND:
Andrea Polli is a digital media artist living in New York City and
director of the Integrated Media Arts M.F.A. Program at Hunter College.
She works with city planners, environmental and atmospheric scientists
and other experts to look at the impact of climate on the future of life
both locally and globally. Her projects often bring together artists and
scientists from various disciplines. She is interested in global
systems, the real time interconnectivity of these systems and the effect
of these systems on individuals. She has exhibited, performed and
lectured nationally and internationally. (For more information and
visuals of some exhibits, visit www.andreapolli.com.)