Antarctic Surveyor II - Tracking Solar and Lunar Transitions

Antarctic Surveyor II - Tracking Solar and Lunar Transitions, 2008

Where object was made: North and Central America

Material/technique: string; paint; ink; reed; tape; wood; rope

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 30 x 34 x 24 in
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 76.2 x 86.36 x 60.96 cm

Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Fund

Accession number: 2009.0019

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"Climate Change at the Poles," Jan-2009, Kate Meyer, Jennifer Talbott, and Angela Watts
Nathalie Miebach’s woven sculptures translate climatological data from the Antarctic, as well as her local environment in Massachusetts, into functional art. Antarctic Surveyor expresses lunar and solar data from the transitional period that begins with the first sliver of sunlight seen in Antarctica on August 22 and culminates at the start of the continent’s lengthy period of 24-hour sunlight on October 24. The sculpture also functions as a device that a user could read while in Antarctica during this period to determine the time remaining until total daylight occurs. Miebach therefore attempts to give form to Antarctic data while also allowing the viewer to contemplate what it might be like to explore the continent firsthand.