Loop Topology looks at two different data infrastructures built in the 1940s, one in Dublin and the other in Barcelona; Casement Aerodrome, Dublin and Torre Girona - home of Spain’s supercomputer MareNostrum. The video footage was recorded by the artist at both sites. The artwork explores the visibility and invisibility of climate data infrastructure.
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Constructed in 1917, Casement Aerodrome, Dublin - named after Roger Casement - is a military airfield and headquarters. It became home to one of Ireland’s rainfall stations in 1944.The Republic of Ireland is home to 423 such stations, controlled by Met Éireann. These rainfall stations are dispersed around the country under various GPS positions. By design, the publicly available geographical location of each is incorrect, to prohibit public access.

Torre Girona is a redundant chapel in Barcelona, Spain. Built in the 1940s, the chapel was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War and was subsequently rebuilt, then serving as a place of worship for the Roman Catholic Church until the 1960s. The building is now home to MareNostrum, Spain’s most powerful supercomputer - attracting missionaries of a different kind, such as the artist herself.

Loop Topology probes the private and public frameworks of off-grid data infrastructures. The artwork conjures up the atmosphere of the artist’s original experience of pursuing access to these climate data assimilation and collection facilities.
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​Kindly supported by The Arts Council of Ireland’s Travel and Training Award (2017) and Kildare County Council’s Arts Act Award (2017).