The Lake

Julie Freeman

The Lake ,
Co-workers & Funding
David Muth, Alex Barclay, Bruno Broughton, Simon Chapelle, Ann Freeman, Ian Freeman, Hagop, David Hepworth, htisonar.com, Andy Huckle, Michela Ledwidge, Ian Alastair McNeil, neilvessey.com, Emma Quinn, Stewart Rainbow, Hannah Redler, Grant Reid, Benedict Sheehan, Penny Sychrava, Stephen Wolff.

Created with the support of NESTA.

In partnership with Tingrith Coarse Fishery.
https://translatingnature.org/projects/the-lake/
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Description
A site-specific installation, and early data artwork using live real-time biological data. The Lake questions how data abstracts life and our environment, and how we use technology to connect with living things. Installed by the lakeside at Tingrith Fishery, Bedfordshire, the piece uses hydrophones, custom software and an array of computers to track and gather real-time data from 16 electronically tagged freshwater fish in the lake. Visitors to Tingrith Fishery listened to the soundscape created by the data being generated from the fishes’ motion, whilst watching an animated representation of what was happening underwater.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • collaborative
    • documenting
    • experimental
    • installation-based
    • real-time
    • site-specific
    • visual
  • genres
    • ecological art
    • installations
    • sound art
  • subjects
    • Art and Science
    • Nature and Environment
Technology & Material
Installation Requirements / Space
Audio-visual installation with electronically tagged fish.
Exhibitions & Events
MediaArtLab Center for Art and Culture
The National Centre for Contemporary Arts
Arts Bioethics Network
FILE - Electronic Language International Festival 2008
FILE - Electronic Language International Festival 2007
Bibliography
2 publications