plastic trade-off

plastic trade-off
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plastic trade-off
image/jpeg
900 × 677

plastic trade-off
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900 × 677

in cooperation with Gerald Nestler ---

plastic trade-off is a light sculpture as well as a virtual knowledge space. It visualizes global financial markets and thus a core element of global economy.
plastic trade-off could be described as a visual approach to the oscillating growth of markets and their diverse connections and dependences. The project traces the social life of the (im)material values of trading.
The real-time data of specific markets are translated into abstract light flows which reflect this global system in a dynamic work of art. The coordinates of selected places of the market system were marked on a globe and connected as regards fundamental markets. Thus a 3-dimensional and spatial framework emerged - the structure of the sculpture. The sculpture radiates light that visualizes of one of the most influential and controversial systems of our times: the global financial markets.
A virtual knowledge space invites the visitors to access diverse and varied information about global financial markets and exchanges.

(source: syl-eckermann.net)