Measurement with Cyanometer on Col de Géant
In 1789 the Swiss naturalist Horace-Benedict de Saussure developed an instrument to measure the intensity of the colour of the sky. This enabled him to successfully demonstrate that the blueness of the sky depends on the amount of water in the atmosphere.
The artist duo reproduced the cyanometer as per Saussure’s instructions using a series of dilutions of the colours Prussian Blue and Ivory Black for the publication «Invent the Future With Elements of the Past», and as a potential tool for strollology or general observations of the world.
Due to climate change, Europe will likely see fewer clouds and a decrease in the relative humidity of the atmosphere. In addition, assuming the continued tightening of emission standards, a decline in aerosols and particles in the air is forecasted. All three effects could lead to an increasingly bluer sky in the future.
Cyanometer (18 x 18 cm), edition of 600 enclosed in the catalogue, edition of 240 numbered
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2015: Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich