The data point that ’s analyzed by seismologist follow a large earthquake is usually the record of a catastrophe — it typically means something really bad has just happened . But what if you could take this datum and reverse it into something beautiful instead ? That ’s the thinking of designerJames Boockwho has rigged together an elaborate paint - globbing chemical mechanism that uses seismic wave data to bring forth colored abstract images . The final stage result is one - one-half geology , one - half art .
It ’s called theQuakescape 3D Fabricatorand its construction was exalt after a major earthquake hit Christchurch , New Zealand last year . It act by taking earthquake data point from the siteGeoNetand converts it into a series of optic patterns .
The canvas is a moulded , topographical landscape that ’s shaped like a real section from Christchurch . The colouring , which are ejected from a series of hang magazine , represent the magnitude of the seismic wave .
Boock put this together with the help of Josh Newsome - White , Brooke Bowers , Hannah Warren , George Redmond , Richie Stewart and Philippa Shipley .
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