In this ongoing project, I am interested in creating a portrait of a site (Minebank Run in Parkville, Maryland), and the ways in which we can know a space through data, and the many ways through which data-driven ways of knowing will fail us. There is a contemporary inclination to assume we can truly know things (ourselves, the natural environment, economic trends, image-making techniques) through machine learning or traditional mathematical algorithms. However, these data-driven models don’t accurately model out projections or create understanding, but instead create a compressed average of the data provided.

Double chambered whistling bottle featuring Loon motif. This instrument is composed of a system of hollow vessels and tubes, and produces sound through a small whistle, which is the person inside Loon’s chest. The whistle is activated by blowing into or across the spout, or through movement of water in its interior.

Vasija silbadora de doble cámara con motivo de Colimbo. Este instrumento está compuesto por un sistema de vasijas y tubos huecos, y produce sonido a través de un pequeño silbato, que es el personaje que se encuentra dentro del pecho del Colimbo. El silbato se activa soplando dentro o a través del pico, o mediante el movimiento del agua en su interior.