This website was created as part of May 30-31, 2020 NASA Space Apps Covid-19 Special Challenge.
As part of the Visual Soundscapes team of one, I created the project earth2pandemozo.
As part of the Visual Soundscapes team of one, I created the project earth2pandemozo.
The goal of this project is to document the events that happened to earth, her people, her flora & fauna before, during Covid-19 Pandemic & after 2020. With data from NASA, ESA, JAXA, CSA, CNES, and other reliable sources. The data will then be converted into digital art (visual spectrogram image & digital composite image) and canvas artwork (mixed media painting).
The project outline, data collection process, and the progress of the artwork with its challenges will be also be documented on the Blog page on this site. The highlights and final artwork will be displayed on the main home page.
This project hopes to become a global art series through the power of social media.
The purpose stated below:
The project outline, data collection process, and the progress of the artwork with its challenges will be also be documented on the Blog page on this site. The highlights and final artwork will be displayed on the main home page.
This project hopes to become a global art series through the power of social media.
The purpose stated below:
The Earth went quiet for some time. I could hear the crickets at night, and the birds by early morning. The air was cleaner and the grass certainly looked greener outside! I saw ducks on our doorstep! Birds of many colors flocked to the backyard. It was not just my imagination. Globally it was true. It was the silence that brought them all out. They were in hiding while we roamed free. The quietness allowed me to think and with nothing else to do, I found this space to be very creative.
But even though this phenomenon was witnessed around the globe - as soon as the quarantines lifted, we decided to go back to what we were doing without thinking about what we witnessed.
Earth went through a mini healing period. The deep bleeding gash that we created in her flesh got some respite - from the daily assault of salt on it. Nature was breathing freely for some time.
Before we go back to rubbing salt on the fresh wound again, can we at least take a moment to acknowledge that what we witnessed was real? Noise pollution was real? The reduction was real too? Air pollution was real? The reduction was real too? Migration of humans real? The losses real too? The free movement of animals from hiding was real? Our encroachment on their space real too?
The goal of this artwork is to acknowledge that all of that was real - by recording their brief absence. The noise created by humans replaced by the sounds of nature as she breathed freely for a few weeks.
The artwork hopes to be a witness to that time. A witness with data.
But even though this phenomenon was witnessed around the globe - as soon as the quarantines lifted, we decided to go back to what we were doing without thinking about what we witnessed.
Earth went through a mini healing period. The deep bleeding gash that we created in her flesh got some respite - from the daily assault of salt on it. Nature was breathing freely for some time.
Before we go back to rubbing salt on the fresh wound again, can we at least take a moment to acknowledge that what we witnessed was real? Noise pollution was real? The reduction was real too? Air pollution was real? The reduction was real too? Migration of humans real? The losses real too? The free movement of animals from hiding was real? Our encroachment on their space real too?
The goal of this artwork is to acknowledge that all of that was real - by recording their brief absence. The noise created by humans replaced by the sounds of nature as she breathed freely for a few weeks.
The artwork hopes to be a witness to that time. A witness with data.
- SOMEONE ONCE SAID
Paint With Data
In God we trust; all others bring data -
W. Edwards Deming
W. Edwards Deming