The distance travelled through our solar system this year and all the barrels of oil remaining

THOMSON & CRAIGHEAD

THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED...

Two wall based gallery projections, dynamically display the number of remaining oil barrels left in the world alongside the distance the earth has travelled this year. These statistical visualisations are informed by information available on the worldwide web and update periodically as new information on global oil reserves becomes available.

By juxtaposing something global (the statistic streams) against something local (a visit to a gallery and contemplation of an artwork), the piece allows a poetic connection to be made between the individual and the world at large. A sound recording of the magnetoshphere in our solar system also plays into the gallery space alongside these rapid counters.