Emily Parsons-Lord: Art made of the air we breathe
אמילי פרסונס-לורד: אומנות המיוצרת מהאוויר שאנו נושמים
Emily Parsons-Lord makes cross-disciplinary contemporary art that is informed by research and critical dialogue with materials and climate science. Full bio
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chemistry teacher with really long socks
מהתיכון עם גרביים מאוד ארוכות
connected to other bubbles,
המחוברות לבועות אחרות,
and collide in a kind of frantic soup.
ומתנגשים בסוג של מרק מטורף.
about the air that much at all.
על האוויר כמעט בכלל.
sensory intrusion upon it,
or something visible like smoke or mist.
או משהו גלוי לעין כמו עשן או ערפל.
gases that envelop the Earth,
העוטפים את כדור הארץ,
gravitational pull.
the invisibility of the air.
understanding of its materiality
through gas exchange,
משנים את האוויר דרך חילופי גז,
right now together take
in carbon dioxide.
17 breaths per minute
17 נשימות לדקה
45 million liters of air,
Olympic-sized swimming pools.
18 בריכות אולימפיות.
as small as our breathing
and maybe it doesn't matter.
לא כל כך לדמיין אותו,
and tactile and haptic.
of the aesthetic, how things look,
של האסתטי, איך דברים נראים,
like how it feels on your skin
כמו איך זה מרגיש על העור שלכם
as it passes through it.
but most importantly,
אבל הכי חשוב,
to different kinds of air.
שאנחנו מקשרים לסוגים שונים של אוויר.
of Air: A Plant's Diary,"
של אוויר: יומנו של כוכב לכת",
from different eras in Earth's evolution,
מתקופות שונות באבולוציית כדור הארץ,
to come in and breathe them with me.
להיכנס פנימה ולנשום אותם איתי.
so drastically different.
will look for traces
that information and aggregate it,
pretty much form a recipe
and take that recipe
תוך שימוש בגזים המרכיבים.
in moments of time
of life changing the air,
how life will evolve,
million years ago.
as the time of the giants.
in the history of life,
that trees are made of.
their own trunks at this time,
את הגזעים שלהם בזמן כזה,
bigger and bigger,
יותר ויותר גדולים,
oxygen, releasing oxygen,
are about twice as high
massive insects --
with a wingspan of about 65 centimeters.
עם מוטת כנפיים של בערך 65 ס"מ.
and really fresh.
a really subtle kind of boost of energy.
סוג מאוד עדין של דחיפת אנרגיה.
geologically speaking,
מבחינה גיאולוגית,
in Earth's history,
בהיסטוריה של כדור הארץ,
the dinosaurs died out.
at this time die out,
dramatic spike in carbon dioxide,
בפחמן דו חמצני,
eruption of volcanoes
to below half of what they are today,
מתחת לחצי ממה שהן היום,
support human life,
like soda water.
quite pleasant.
about air of the past,
about the air of the future.
might be the future air,
שעשוי להיות האוויר העתידי,
anywhere in nature,
industrial settings.
once it's released,
ברגע שהיא תשוחרר,
before it's broken down.
some very sensual qualities.
than the air we're used to breathing.
מהאוויר שאנו רגילים לנשום.
that when you breathe it in,
שכשאתם נושמים אותו פנימה,
are kind of literally heavy as well,
הן די כבדות גם בעצמן,
and drop to the floor
quite a lot like a liquid.
with an ethical dimension as well.
greenhouse gas
that of carbon dioxide,
מאשר פחמן דו חמצני,
of 12 to 16 generations.
is really central to my work.
another quite surprising quality.
quite dramatically.
It's still there a bit.
הוא עדיין קצת שם.
giant insects and erupting volcanoes
חרקים עצומים והרי געש מתפרצים
and polar bears adrift on icebergs.
ודובי קוטב נסחפים על קרחונים.
and column graphs
talking to scientists wearing cardigans.
שמדברים עם מדענים הלובשים קרדיגנים.
thinking about climate change
לחשוב על שינוי באקלים
that we experience the air.
at the scale of the molecule,
בקנה המידה של מולקולה,
self-portrait of humanity.
הקולקטיבי של האנושות.
I've learned from looking at air,
it's changing, it persists.
that we'd recognize,
part of that change,
חיוני משינוי זה,
that we can feel the discussion.
שאנחנו יכולים להרגיש את הדיון.
a very vibrant trace in the air.
עקבות מאוד מהדהדים באוויר.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Emily Parsons-Lord - ArtistEmily Parsons-Lord makes cross-disciplinary contemporary art that is informed by research and critical dialogue with materials and climate science.
Why you should listen
Through investigation into air and light, both conceptually, and culturally, Emily Parsons-Lord interrogates the materiality of invisibility, magic and the stories we tell about reality, the universe and our place in time and space. Tragi-humour, scale and invisibility are often used as access points her conceptual art practice.
Based in Sydney, Australia, Parsons-Lord's recent work includes recreating the air from past eras in Earth's evolution, recreating starlight in colored smoke, created multi-channel video and experimenting with pheromones, aerogel and chemistry. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and participated in the Bristol Biennial – In Other Worlds, 2016, Primavera 2016 (Australia's flagship emerging art exhibition), Firstdraft Sydney and Vitalstatistix, Adelaide.
Parsons-Lord completed a bachelor of digital media (First Class Honours) 2008 at UNSW Art & Design, and a masters of peace and conflict studies from University of Sydney, 2010. She has been a researcher in residence at SymbioticA, at the Univeristy of Western Australia, and has had solo exhibitions at (forthcoming) Wellington St Projects 2017, Firstdraft in 2015, Gallery Eight in 2013 and the TAP Gallery in 2007, among many others.
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