Aurora research.

With support from DA2 and NESTA Luke Jerram spent a week at the Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory in Lapland with the curator and artist Nina Czeglady.

Each night was spent outside studying and documenting the Aurora Borealis at temperatures 20°C below freezing. Scientists were interviewed about their methodologies and how the visualized the aurora. SMS poetry, photographs and video were produced during our residency. Their research was presented at the ESTEC space art conference at the ESA in 2004.

Watch film of the aurora from their trip. (Seen over 7000 times.)

With thanks to all the staff at SGO of the University of Oulu, especially Prof Esa Turunen; and to Johan Silen of Institute of Physics, Helsinki.

Pictures on left of 'Forest light play'

Anechoic Chamber

Study of sound at Bath University, for the new proposed work 'Well'. An anechoic chamber is an acoustic test environment designed to prevent echo.

'An oppressive space where the air seemed strangely solid. Intense pressure on my ear drums- the recalibration of my senses. Two distinct ringing sounds heard: my nervous system and the blood circulating in my head- the human 'signal-to-noise-ratio'.'

Fog Study

As a part of my Nesta fellowship a series of sculptural experiments have been taking place. The production of mini mirages in the studio, reducing objects to piles of dust, studies of geometric surface tension, fog sculptures, Rising bubbles filled with
smoke, light and helium. Spinning an object creates another.