Abstract
From January 19 to 22, FIBER hosted Part 4 of its Reassemble Lab: The Weathercapes Lab. The Lab broadly explored how the weather works; from the relationship between weather and climate as well as the relationships between weather measurements and the development of contemporary forecasting models and computer technology, and more.
For Robert-Jan Wille, the Weatherscapes lab was about collectively thinking and working on what it means to study the weather. It also taught him how important it is that artists contribute to climate literacy. Robert-Jan’s contribution is to stress the importance of historical literacy. Archives can teach us a lot about how climatological and meteorological knowledge systems came to be, how what was visible became invisible, and how some invisible technologies became visible when they broke down.
For Robert-Jan Wille, the Weatherscapes lab was about collectively thinking and working on what it means to study the weather. It also taught him how important it is that artists contribute to climate literacy. Robert-Jan’s contribution is to stress the importance of historical literacy. Archives can teach us a lot about how climatological and meteorological knowledge systems came to be, how what was visible became invisible, and how some invisible technologies became visible when they broke down.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Medium |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2023 |