returning to methods of translating the latent material trace as a way to render sensitivity, i thought about how the terraformation of the architectures of coal extraction become visual markers of a local geological configuration. the remnants of something beyond most peoples phenomenological experience. to test alternative formats within my interests in carbonscape I visualised a map of all the known collieries in England to begin to see the how they correspond to the geologically identified coal seams below.
thought about building a blender visualisation of the coal seams that lie below the uk…
as an extra to the exploded maps that just show how architectures of coal extraction are autographic visualisations of geology / time….
in the case of the Woodhouse colliery plans, the architecture of the extraction site becomes symbol of the 136 cubic meter mineral coal seam below the Irish sea….
produced some graphics to visualise this data
I like working in this digital aesthetic for these kinds of infographics, it seems to both mimic and mock the aesthetic of digitised and informative corporate imagery – those deployed to imply hierarchy and informed academic understandings of these wicked issues. they act as a visual persuasion…
THINKING RESEARCH 