Andrea Polli
is a digital media artist living in New York City. She is currently Director of the Integrated Media Arts MFA Programm at Hunter College. She works with the real time interconnectivity of global systems.
Recent works include: spatialized sonifications of highly detailed meteorological models of storms, sonifications of actual and projected climate in Central Park; and a real-time multi-channel sonification and visualization of weather in the Artic. She has exhibited, performed, and lectured nationally and internationally.
www.andreapolli.com

www.nyacousticecology.org

"Heat and the Heartbeat of the City (Live Excerpt)"

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Excerpt from Heat and the Heartbeat of the City live performance by Andrea Polli.  In this work, the breath of a live performer is manipulated by a computer program using real and projected climate data for New York City’s Central Park in the summers from 1990 to 2080. By using the body, the piece attempts to present a microcosm of the effects of climate change on a city’s population. Data modeled by the Climate Research Group of the NASA Goddard Institute and Columbia University