The educational workshop “Lux(ury) of Air” invites you to look at the sky, a wonderful scenery, where one of our biggest crises is taking place: air pollution. Invisible substances have direct consequences for health and climate. Is air necessary or a luxury?
Scientists study air, too much CO2 causes climate change, particulate matter damages health. Although these problems are often invisible, they affect our daily lives. Integrating Arts/Sciences into our education, can increase this awareness.
The workshop makes the invisible tangible with a light meter that collects data (in Lux) about the sky (cloudy, sunny?). We capture the light also via Cyanotype: the bluer the print, the sunnier. This print, a photo of the air and data are printed on a scarf, as a snapshot of the sky. Speculating, is it a scarf against the cold or the sun? Who do you give it to, is it an offer of hope through imagination – what future do you see?