{"product_id":"a-variability-quantifier-9781915609281","title":"A Variability Quantifier","description":"\u003cb\u003eLiam Gillick's process in building a functioning weather station for Fogo Island, Newfoundland.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVariability Quantifier \u003c\/i\u003eis an artwork intended to function as an operational weather station. Located on Fogo Island to the north of Newfoundland, it gathers local weather data and is a place for education, reflection, and discussion. A year after the installation of the work Liam Gillick returned to Fogo to make a documentary film about his work. This resulted in two separate films that make use of the same footage. In \u003ci\u003eVariability Quantified \u003c\/i\u003ewe hear Nobel Prize winning climatologist Syukuro Manabe explaining the science of global heating and his pioneering work modeling earth's climate in the 1960s. In \u003ci\u003eQuantified Variability \u003c\/i\u003ethe artist dramatically altered the natural colors in the footage and set it to a layered soundtrack of automated industrial production. This book is a record of the two films alongside a discussion with art historian Tom McDonough. With earlier projects in Paris, Japan and Australia, Gillick engaged in representing the science of the climate crisis. \u003ci\u003eA Variability Quantifier\u003c\/i\u003e collects data to feed into the global system extending his artistic elevation of the maths and science of our shared climate emergency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForeword by Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Andria Hickey\u003cbr\u003eConversation with Liam Gillick and Tom McDonough\u003cbr\u003eCopublished by Fogo Island Arts in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915609281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.41h x 7.61w x 0.61d","brand":"Liam Gillick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360427798709,"sku":"9781915609281","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2c521c4d-8870-479d-aa23-155174ea595f.jpg?v=1773720894","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-variability-quantifier-9781915609281","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}