iMigration

Head, A (2016) iMigration. In: Forest of Imagination, Bath Abbey, Bath, UK, 3 June 2016 - 24 June 2016.

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Item Type:	Exhibition
Creators:	Head, A
Abstract:	iMigration is a large-scale sculpture, a swarm of colourful paper butterflies, spanning 10 metres and suspended eight metres up in the air inside Bath Abbey. The first impression for the audience is of a single group, a swarm of creatures that appear to be the same. Closer inspection reveals that each butterfly is unique, with its own digital genetic code and individual wing pattern influenced by random mutations. iMigration explores themes of migration, diversity and individuality. In the swarm each butterfly features colour and patterns designed with computational methods: procedural textures, the fractal mathematics of nature. The butterflies will move gently in the air currents that fill the Abbey as if travelling on a migration. In today’s world of human migration and its reporting, it’s easy to forget how unique each person is, to reduce people to anonymous groups, stereotypes, or just numbers. iMigration asks you to seek the individual stories, the human beings in a world saturated by ‘mass’ media reporting, statistics and the digital consumption of news.
Official URL:	http://www.forestofimagination.org.uk
Date:	June 2016
Funders:	Bath Spa University.
Event Location:	Bath Abbey, Bath, UK
Number of Pieces:	1
Medium:	Digital printed sculpture
Measurements/Duration:	5m x 10 m
Keywords:	sculpture, digital print,
Divisions:	Bath School of Design
Related URLs:	Research Data
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2016 14:59
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2023 10:09

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