Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms

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ืื ื ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ืœืžื˜ื” ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ.

ืžืชืจื’ื: Ido Dekkers ืžื‘ืงืจ: Shahar Kaiser
00:20
(Music)
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(ืžื•ื–ื™ืงื”)
00:39
What you just heard
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ืžื” ืฉืฉืžืขืชื ื›ืขืช
00:41
are the interactions of barometric pressure, wind and temperature readings
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ื”ืŸ ื”ืื™ื ื˜ืจืืงืฆื™ื•ืช ืฉืœ ืœื—ืฅ ื‘ืจื•ืžื˜ืจื™, ืงืจื™ืื•ืช ืจื•ื— ื•ื˜ืžืคืจื˜ื•ืจื”
00:44
that were recorded of Hurricane Noel in 2007.
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ืฉื”ื•ืงืœื˜ื• ืžื”ื•ืจื™ืงืŸ ื ื•ืืœ ื‘-2007.
00:48
The musicians played off a three-dimensional graph of weather data like this.
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ื”ื ื’ื ื™ื ื ื™ื’ื ื• ื’ืจืฃ ืชืœืช ืžื™ืžื“ื™ ืฉืœ ืžื™ื“ืข ืžื–ื’-ืื•ื™ืจ ื›ืžื• ื–ื”.
00:52
Every single bead, every single colored band,
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ื›ืœ ื—ืจื•ื–, ื›ืœ ืจืฆื•ืขื” ืฆื‘ืขื•ื ื™ืช,
00:54
represents a weather element
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ืžื™ื™ืฆื’ื™ื ืืœืžื ื˜ ืฉืœ ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื™ืจ
00:56
that can also be read as a musical note.
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ืฉื™ื›ื•ืœ ื’ื ืœื”ืงืจื ื›ืชื• ืžื•ื–ื™ืงืœื™.
00:59
I find weather extremely fascinating.
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ืื ื™ ืžื•ืฆืืช ืืช ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื™ืจ ืžืื•ื“ ืžืจืชืง.
01:01
Weather is an amalgam of systems
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ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื™ืจ ื”ื•ื ื™ืฆื•ื’ ืฉืœ ืžืขืจื›ื•ืช
01:03
that is inherently invisible to most of us.
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ืืฉืจ ื”ืŸ ื‘ืœืชื™ ื ืจืื•ืช ื‘ื‘ืกื™ืกืŸ ืœืจื•ื‘ื ื•.
01:05
So I use sculpture and music
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ืื– ืื ื™ ืžืฉืชืžืฉืช ื‘ืคื™ืกื•ืœ ื•ืžื•ื–ื™ืงื”
01:07
to make it, not just visible,
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ื›ื“ื™ ืœืขืฉื•ืช ื–ืืช, ืœื ืจืง ื ืจืื”,
01:09
but also tactile and audible.
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ืืœื ื’ื ื˜ืงื˜ื™ืœื™ ื•ื’ื ืฉืžื™ืข.
01:11
All of my work begins very simple.
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ื›ืœ ื”ืขื‘ื•ื“ื•ืช ืฉืœื™ ืžืชื—ื™ืœื•ืช ืžืื•ื“ ืคืฉื•ื˜.
01:13
I extract information from a specific environment
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ืื ื™ ื“ื•ื’ืžืช ืžื™ื“ืข ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘ื” ืžืกื•ื™ื™ืžืช
01:15
using very low-tech data collecting devices --
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ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžื›ืฉื™ืจื™ ืื™ืกื•ืฃ ืžืื“ "ืœื•ืื• ื˜ืง" --
01:18
generally anything I can find in the hardware store.
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ื‘ืขื™ืงืจื•ืŸ ื›ืœ ืžื” ืฉืื ื™ ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืœืžืฆื•ื ื‘ื—ื ื•ืช ื—ื•ืžืจื™ ื”ื‘ื ื™ื™ืŸ.
01:21
I then compare my information to the things I find on the Internet --
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ืื ื™ ืžืฉื•ื•ื” ื ืืช ื”ืžื™ื“ืข ืฉืœื™ ืœืžื” ืฉืื ื™ ืžื•ืฆืืช ื‘ืจืฉืช --
01:24
satellite images, weather data
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ืชืžื•ื ื•ืช ืœื•ื•ื™ืŸ, ืžื™ื“ืข ืขืœ ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื•ื™ืจ
01:26
from weather stations as well as offshore buoys.
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ืžืชื—ื ื•ืช ืžื–ื’ ืื•ื•ื™ืจ ื•ืžืฆื•ืคื™ื ื‘ื™ื.
01:29
That's both historical as well as real data.
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ื–ื” ื’ื ืžื™ื“ืข ื”ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ ื•ื’ื ืžื™ื“ืข ื‘ื–ืžืŸ ืืžืช.
01:31
And then I compile all of these numbers on these clipboards that you see here.
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ื•ืื– ืื ื™ ืžืขื‘ื“ืช ืืช ื›ืœ ื”ืžืกืคืจื™ื ื”ืืœื” ืขืœ ื”ื“ืคื“ืคื•ืช ื”ืืœื• ืฉืืชื ืจื•ืื™ื ื›ืืŸ.
01:34
These clipboards are filled with numbers.
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ื”ื“ืคื“ืคื•ืช ื”ืืœื• ืžืชืžืœืื•ืช ื‘ืžืกืคืจื™ื.
01:36
And from all of these numbers,
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ื•ืžื›ืœ ื”ืžืกืคืจื™ื ื”ืืœื•,
01:38
I start with only two or three variables.
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ืื ื™ ืžืชื—ื™ืœื” ืจืง ืขื ืฉื ื™ื™ื ืื• ืฉืœื•ืฉื” ืžืฉืชื ื™ื.
01:40
That begins my translation process.
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ื–ื” ืžืชื—ื™ืœ ืืช ืชื”ืœื™ืš ื”ืชืจื’ื•ื ืฉืœื™.
01:42
My translation medium is a very simple basket.
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ืชื•ื•ืš ื”ืชืจื’ื•ื ืฉืœื™ ื”ื•ื ืกืœ ืคืฉื•ื˜.
01:45
A basket is made up of horizontal and vertical elements.
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ืกืœ ืฉืขืฉื•ื™ ืžืจื›ื™ื‘ื™ื ืื•ืคืงื™ื™ื ื•ืื ื›ื™ื™ื.
01:49
When I assign values to the vertical and horizontal elements,
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ื›ืฉืื ื™ ืžืฆื™ื‘ื” ืขืจื›ื™ื ื‘ืืœืžื ื˜ื™ื ื”ืื ื›ื™ื™ื ื•ื”ืื•ืคืงื™ื™ื,
01:52
I can use the changes of those data points over time
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ืื ื™ ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืœื”ืฉืชืžืฉ ื‘ืฉื™ื ื•ื™ ื‘ืžื™ื“ืข ื‘ืžืฉืš ื”ื–ืžืŸ
01:55
to create the form.
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ื›ื“ื™ ืœื™ืฆื•ืจ ืฆื•ืจื”.
01:57
I use natural reed,
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ืื ื™ ืžืฉืชืžืฉืช ื‘ืงื ื” ื˜ื‘ืขื™,
01:59
because natural reed has a lot of tension in it
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ืžืคื ื™ ืฉืœืงื ื” ื˜ื‘ืขื™ ื™ืฉ ื™ื•ืชืจ ืžืชื—
02:01
that I cannot fully control.
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ืฉืื ื™ ืœื ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืœืฉืœื•ื˜ ื‘ื• ืœื’ืžืจื™.
02:03
That means that it is the numbers that control the form,
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ื–ื” ืื•ืžืจ ืฉืืœื” ื”ืžืกืคืจื™ื ืฉืฉื•ืœื˜ื™ื ื‘ืฆื•ืจื”,
02:05
not me.
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ืœื ืื ื™.
02:07
What I come up with are forms like these.
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ืžื” ืฉื™ื•ืฆื ืœื™ ื”ืŸ ืฆื•ืจื•ืช ื›ืืœื•.
02:09
These forms are completely made up
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ื”ืฆื•ืจื•ืช ื”ืืœื• ื ืขืฉื• ืืš ื•ืจืง
02:11
of weather data or science data.
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ืžืžื™ื“ืข ืžื–ื’ ืื•ื•ื™ืจ ืื• ืžื™ื“ืข ืžื“ืขื™.
02:13
Every colored bead, every colored string,
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ื›ืœ ื—ืจื•ื– ืฆื‘ืขื•ื ื™, ื›ืœ ืžื™ืชืจ ืฆื‘ืขื•ื ื™,
02:15
represents a weather element.
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ืžื™ื™ืฆื’ื™ื ืืœืžื ื˜ ืฉืœ ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื•ื™ืจ.
02:17
And together, these elements, not only construct the form,
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ื•ื‘ื™ื—ื“, ื”ืืœืžื ื˜ื™ื ื”ืืœื”, ืœื ืจืง ื™ื•ืฆืจื™ื ืืช ื”ืฆื•ืจื”,
02:19
but they also reveal behavioral relationships
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ืืœื ื’ื ืžื’ืœื™ื ื™ื—ืกื™ื ื”ืชื ื”ื’ื•ืชื™ื™ื
02:21
that may not come across
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ืฉืœื ืชืžื™ื“ ื ืจืื™ื
02:23
through a two-dimensional graph.
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ืžื’ืจืฃ ื“ื• ืžื™ืžื“ื™.
02:25
When you step closer, you actually see
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ื›ืฉืืชื ืžืชืงืจื‘ื™ื, ืืชื ืœืžืขืฉื” ืจื•ืื™ื
02:27
that it is indeed all made up of numbers.
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ืฉื–ื” ื‘ืืžืช ืขืฉื•ื™ ืžืžืกืคืจื™ื.
02:29
The vertical elements
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ื”ืืœืžื ื˜ื™ื ื”ืื ื›ื™ื™ื
02:31
are assigned a specific hour of the day.
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ืžืงื‘ืœื™ื ืฉืขื” ืžืกื•ื™ื™ืžืช ืฉืœ ื”ื™ื•ื.
02:33
So all the way around, you have a 24-hour timeline.
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ืื– ื›ืœ ื”ื“ืจืš ืžืกื‘ื™ื‘, ื™ืฉ ืœื›ื ืงื• ื–ืžืŸ ืฉืœ 24 ืฉืขื•ืช.
02:36
But it's also used to assign a temperature range.
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ืื‘ืœ ื–ื” ื’ื ืžืฉืžืฉ ืœื”ืฆื‘ืช ืขืจื›ื™ ื”ื˜ืžืคืจื˜ื•ืจื”.
02:38
On that grid, I can then weave the high tide readings,
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ื‘ืจืฉืช ื”ื”ื™ื, ืื ื™ ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืœืืจื•ื’ ืื– ืืช ืงืจื™ืื•ืช ื”ื’ืื•ืช,
02:41
water temperature, air temperature and Moon phases.
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ื˜ืžืคืจื˜ื•ืจืช ื”ืžื™ื, ื˜ืžืคืจื˜ื•ืจืช ื”ืื•ื™ืจ ื•ืžื•ืคืขื™ ื”ื™ืจื—.
02:44
I also translate weather data into musical scores.
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ืื ื™ ื’ื ืžืชืจื’ืžืช ืžื™ื“ืข ืžื–ื’ ืื•ื™ืจ ืœืงื˜ืขื™ื ืžื•ื–ื™ืงืœื™ื™ื.
02:47
And musical notation allows me a more nuanced way
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ื•ืชืจื’ื•ื ืžื•ื–ื™ืงืœื™ ืžืืคืฉืจ ืœื™ ื’ื™ื•ื•ืŸ ืจื‘ ื™ื•ืชืจ
02:50
of translating information
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ืฉืœ ืชืจื’ื•ื ื”ืžื™ื“ืข
02:52
without compromising it.
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ื‘ืœื™ ืœืฉื ื•ืช ืื•ืชื•.
02:54
So all of these scores are made up of weather data.
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ืื– ื›ืœ ื”ืงื˜ืขื™ื ื”ืืœื• ืขืฉื•ื™ื™ื ืžืžื™ื“ืข ืžื–ื’ ืื•ื™ืจ.
02:56
Every single color, dot, every single line,
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ื›ืœ ืฆื‘ืข, ื ืงื•ื“ื”, ื›ืœ ืงื•,
02:58
is a weather element.
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ื–ื” ืžื™ื“ืข ืžื–ื’ ืื•ื™ืจ.
03:00
And together, these variables construct a score.
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ื•ื‘ื™ื—ื“, ื”ืžืฉืชื ื™ื ื”ืืœื• ื™ื•ืฆืจื™ื ื™ืฆื™ืจื”.
03:03
I use these scores to collaborate with musicians.
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ืื ื™ ืžืฉืชืžืฉืช ื‘ื™ืฆื™ืจื•ืช ื”ืืœื• ื‘ืฉื™ืชื•ืฃ ืคืขื•ืœื” ืขื ืžื•ื–ื™ืงืื™ื.
03:05
This is the 1913 Trio
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ื–ื• ืฉืœื™ืฉื™ื™ืช 1913
03:07
performing one of my pieces
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ืžื‘ืฆืขืช ืื—ืช ืžื”ื™ืฆื™ืจื•ืช ืฉืœื™
03:09
at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
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ื‘ืžื•ื–ืื•ืŸ ื”ืื•ืžื ื•ืช ืฉืœ ืžื™ืœื•ื•ืงื™.
03:11
Meanwhile, I use these scores as blueprints
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ื‘ื™ื ืชื™ื™ื, ืื ื™ ืžืฉืชืžืฉืช ื‘ื™ืฆื™ืจื•ืช ื”ืืœื• ื›ืชื•ื›ื ื™ื•ืช
03:14
to translate into sculptural forms like this,
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ืœืชืจื’ื•ื ืœืคืกืœื™ื ื›ืžื• ื–ื”,
03:18
that function still in the sense
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ืฉืžืฉืžืฉื™ื ืขื“ื™ื™ืŸ ื‘ืžื•ื‘ืŸ
03:20
of being a three-dimensional weather visualization,
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ืฉืœ ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื”ื“ืžื™ื” ืชืœืช ืžื™ืžื“ื™ืช ืฉืœ ืžื–ื’ ื”ืื•ื•ื™ืจ,
03:22
but now they're embedding
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ืื‘ืœ ืขื›ืฉื™ื• ื”ืŸ ืžื˜ืžื™ืขื™ื
03:24
the visual matrix of the musical score,
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ืืช ื”ืžื˜ืจื™ืฆื” ื”ื•ื™ื–ื•ืืœื™ืช ืฉืœ ื”ื™ืฆื™ืจื” ื”ืžื•ื–ื™ืงืœื™ืช,
03:26
so it can actually be read as a musical score.
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ื›ืš ืฉื”ื™ื ื‘ืขืฆื ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืœื”ืงืจื ื›ื™ืฆื™ืจื” ืžื•ื–ื™ืงืœื™ืช.
03:28
What I love about this work
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ืžื” ืฉืื ื™ ืื•ื”ื‘ืช ื‘ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื”ื–ืืช
03:30
is that it challenges our assumptions
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ื”ื•ื ืฉื”ื™ื ืžืืชื’ืจืช ืืช ื”ื”ื ื—ื•ืช ืฉืœื ื•
03:32
of what kind of visual vocabulary belongs in the world of art, versus science.
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ืฉืœ ืื™ื–ื” ืกื•ื’ ืฉืœ ืžื™ืœื•ืŸ ื—ื–ื•ืชื™ ืฉื™ื™ืš ืœืขื•ืœื ื”ืืžื ื•ืช, ืžื•ืœ ื”ืžื“ืข.
03:35
This piece here is read very differently
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ื”ื™ืฆื™ืจื” ืฉืœืคื ื™ื›ื ื ืงืจืืช ื‘ืฆื•ืจื•ืช ืฉื•ื ื•ืช ืžืื•ื“
03:37
depending on where you place it.
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ืชืœื•ื™ ื”ื™ื›ืŸ ืžื ื™ื—ื™ื ืื•ืชื”.
03:39
You place it in an art museum, it becomes a sculpture.
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ืื ืžื ื™ื—ื™ื ืื•ืชื” ื‘ืžื•ื–ืื•ืŸ ืืžื ื•ืช, ื”ื™ื ื ื”ืคื›ืช ืœืคืกืœ.
03:41
You place it in a science museum,
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ืื ืฉืžื™ื ืื•ืชื” ื‘ืžื•ื–ืื•ืŸ ืžื“ืข,
03:43
it becomes a three-dimensional visualization of data.
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ื”ื™ื ื ื”ืคื›ืช ืœื™ืฆื•ื’ ืชืœืช ืžื™ืžื“ื™ ืฉืœ ืžื™ื“ืข.
03:46
You place it in a music hall,
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ืื ืฉืžื™ื ืื•ืชื” ื‘ื”ื™ื›ืœ ืžื•ื–ื™ืงื”,
03:48
it all of a sudden becomes a musical score.
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ื”ื™ื ืคืชืื•ื ื”ื•ืคื›ืช ืœื™ืฆื™ืจื” ืžื•ื–ื™ืงืœื™ืช.
03:50
And I really like that,
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ื•ืื ื™ ื‘ืืžืช ืื•ื”ื‘ืช ืืช ื–ื”,
03:52
because the viewer is really challenged
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ืžืคื ื™ ืฉื”ืฆื•ืคื” ืžืื•ืชื’ืจ
03:54
as to what visual language
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ื‘ืฉืืœื” ืื™ื–ื• ืฉืคื” ื•ื™ื–ื•ืืœื™ืช
03:56
is part of science versus art versus music.
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ื”ื™ื ื—ืœืง ืžื”ืžื“ืข ืžื•ืœ ืื•ืžื ื•ืช ืžื•ืœ ืžื•ื–ื™ืงื”.
03:58
The other reason why I really like this
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ื”ืกื™ื‘ื” ื”ืื—ืจืช ืœืžื“ื•ืข ืื ื™ ืื•ื”ื‘ืช ืืช ื–ื”
04:00
is because it offers an alternative entry point
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ื”ื™ื ืžืคื ื™ ืฉื–ื” ืžืฆื™ืข ื ืงื•ื“ืช ื›ื ื™ืกื” ื—ืœื™ืคื™ืช
04:03
into the complexity of science.
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ืœืžื•ืจื›ื‘ื•ืช ืฉืœ ื”ืžื“ืข.
04:05
And not everyone has a Ph.D. in science.
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ื•ืœื ืœื›ืœ ืื—ื“ ื™ืฉ ื“ื•ืงื˜ื•ืจื˜ ื‘ืžื“ืข.
04:07
So for me, that was my way into it.
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ืื– ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœื™, ื–ื• ื”ื™ืชื” ื”ื“ืจืš ืœื”ื›ื ืก ืœื–ื”.
04:09
Thank you.
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ืชื•ื“ื” ืœื›ื.
04:11
(Applause)
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(ืžื—ื™ืื•ืช ื›ืคื™ื™ื)
ืขืœ ืืชืจ ื–ื”

ืืชืจ ื–ื” ื™ืฆื™ื’ ื‘ืคื ื™ื›ื ืกืจื˜ื•ื ื™ YouTube ื”ืžื•ืขื™ืœื™ื ืœืœื™ืžื•ื“ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช. ืชื•ื›ืœื• ืœืจืื•ืช ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืขื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžื•ืจื™ื ืžื”ืฉื•ืจื” ื”ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ืžืจื—ื‘ื™ ื”ืขื•ืœื. ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ื•ืช ื‘ื›ืœ ื“ืฃ ื•ื™ื“ืื• ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ืžืฉื. ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื’ื•ืœืœื•ืช ื‘ืกื ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืขื ื”ืคืขืœืช ื”ื•ื•ื™ื“ืื•. ืื ื™ืฉ ืœืš ื”ืขืจื•ืช ืื• ื‘ืงืฉื•ืช, ืื ื ืฆื•ืจ ืื™ืชื ื• ืงืฉืจ ื‘ืืžืฆืขื•ืช ื˜ื•ืคืก ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ืงืฉืจ ื–ื”.

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