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Climate Camouflage

Data can be disguised, concealed, skewed and visualized to tell any story.

Information is everywhere and available instantly, but that doesn’t make it credible. We can all be steered sideways by the algorithm, AI, or corporate agendas, but can we tell real from fake and how do our own biases factor into our perceptions?

Michelle’s mixed-media artworks showcase that any data can be manipulated, and we should beware how the original message can be disguised. She uses weather data and reworks it by re-drawing it in her own water-like style, scaling, layering, and recolouring it to create pleasant flowing, organic camouflage-like configurations and remind us to explore for our own answers.

Much of Atkinson’s work is focused on the environment (and human impact) and she layers this message further into her work with the materials. Materials that allow light transference (glass-like) interact with its space. A brightly lit room can create additional shadows from the work, or a coloured wall can shift the tones due to the translucency and reflective elements. Also, hand-crushed glass (often recycled bottles and picture frame glass) is added as a layer to showcase human excess in our everyday lives.