Because it is directly tied to the turbulent weather of the Pole, the composition is ever changing, transforming in completely unexpected ways. N., by examining the North Pole in real time, expresses the isolation and environmental extremes of this remote region and addresses the importance of the region to the global ecosystem. The North Pole is a symbol of the fusion of opposites, combining natural beauty and brutality, the last imaginary place on Earth. A point where the spinning of the Earth slows to zero, where every direction points South, and the sun rises and sets just one time each year. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein The North Pole. ELECTRONIC ART & ANIMATION CATALOG ELECTRONIC ART & ANIMATION CATALOG Artist Statement what may not be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent forever. Technical Statement The site was created with Flash ActionScript and HTML. Artist Statement This web site highlights alternative networks that connect creative people around the world, including native and indigenous communities that use digital media to bring their voices, memories, and cultures to each other and a wider public, transcending political boundaries. Computer projection and sound MONITOR-BASED WORK ¢ Alejandro Perez-Avila University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona USA Andrea Polli Joe Gilmore Hunter College, Film and Media New York, USA Collaborator Lucy Petrovich University of Arizona Image of earth courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. Global Eyes Web Site ¢ MONITOR-BASED WORK INVITED wORk N. Audio engineered at Harvestworks, New York City by Ken Babb Supported, in part, by a PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Grant ART GALLERY ART GALLERY comes from live atmospherics and global electromagnetic transmissions of lightning from the INSPIRE VLF receiver at NASA s Marshall Space Flight Center. presents a sonification of Arctic weather data modeled specifically for this project by Patrick Market, meteorologist and snow and ice specialist at the University of Missouri, and imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Arctic research program in a sound and visual representation of the climate and conditions at the North Pole from 2003-2006. It was also featured in The Drop, an exhibition of works addressing global water supply at ExitArt, New York, and in an exhibition of Polli s works at the Beall Center for Art + Technology. It was selected from over 2,600 entries for the renowned VIPER International Awards and was featured at the VIPER International Festival for Film and New Media in Basel, Switzerland. was made possible, in part, by a 2005 Lovebytes Festival Commission, Sheffield, Uk. unfolds and evolves on a climatological temporal scale, far beyond an individual human lifetime. Global eyes web site Global eyes web site