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Climate change as art PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Kendra Nordin - CSMonitor   
Saturday, 10 April 2010

Article Source: CSMonitor

From data, delight: An artist pulls her sculpture and music from the climate change numbers in the news.

Nathalie Miebach, at first impression, could almost be mistaken for a toymaker. Her studio in Boston's South End is a swirl of beads, tiny whales, flags, origami birds, and spokes of bright colors. Musical scores line the walls. Reedy sculptures sprout from the floor and dangle from the ceiling. Tinkertoys come to mind – as does the Mad Hatter. But behind the joyful chaos is a precise order, one of surprising complexity and magnitude. Ms. Miebach creates art by translating weather data into baskets and sound.

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