Axionome

Axionome, 2022 by Stanislava Pinchuk 

Axionome is an interactive data-map at the scale of a skyscraper. This mural is a minimalist artwork by day, and a gauge for Melbourne’s temperature by night.

The artwork takes its inspiration from the movement of the sun and the moon. Each day at sunset, two lights will travel up and down the facade, gently animating the painted design in order to convey how each day’s temperature compares to historic climate data (shown on a scale from -1 to +3 degrees).

Coded from temperature data measured in Melbourne’s CBD, the artwork reveals temperature deviation by automatically comparing the current day’s average to aligned weather data from the last 30 years. By doing so, the piece tracks escalating temperatures in Victoria as each day, we step closer to a 1.5 degree increase in global temperatures.

The light show ends at midnight, resetting in anticipation of reflecting new climate data for the following day.