A Variability Quantifier by Liam Gillick - ISBN: 9781915609281
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Weather data, art, and climate crisis collide on Fogo Island.

A Variability Quantifier

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  • Paperback

    200 pages

  • Release Date

    30 December 2025

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Summary

Liam Gillick’s process in building a functioning weather station for Fogo Island, Newfoundland.

A Variability Quantifier is an artwork intended to function as an operational weather station. Located on Fogo Island to the north of Newfoundland, it gathers local weather data and is a place for education, reflection, and discussion.

A year after the installation of the work, Liam Gillick returned to Fogo to make a documentary film about his work. This resulted in two sep…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781915609281
ISBN-10:1915609283
Author:Liam Gillick
Publisher:Sternberg Press
Imprint:Sternberg Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:200
Release Date:30 December 2025
Weight:697g
Dimensions:241mm x 191mm x 15mm
About The Author

Liam Gillick

Liam Gillick is a New York based British born artist known for contributions in architecture, sculpture, video, and word art. His work focuses on expanding ideas of labor, time, and color through his distinctive conception of exhibition as a medium. Gillick initiated this approach in the 1990s and has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea; Madre Museum, Naples; Serralves Museum, Porto; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Tate, London. He consistently contributes to international biennials- Documenta Kassel, Istanbul Biennial, the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennial, and the 1st Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art.

Josee Drouin-Brisebois is Producer and Senior Manager of National Outreach at the National Gallery of Canada, where she was formerly Senior Curator of Contemporary Art.

Nicolaus Schafhausen is a curator, director, author, and editor of numerous publications on contemporary art. Since 2011 he has been the Strategic Director of Fogo Island Arts, Canada, an initiative of Shorefast, a charitable foundation dedicated to finding alternative solutions for the revitalization of areas prone to emigration.

Claire Shea is the Director at Fogo Island Arts, Canada, an initiative of Shorefast, a charitable foundation dedicated to finding alternative solutions for the revitalization of areas prone to emigration.

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