2025/09/18

Janet Echelman Weaves Climate Timeline into Suspended Form

Janet Echelman’s “Remembering the Future” transforms climate data into sculptural form at MIT Museum, Cambridge (US). An output of her Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) residency, Echelman uses braided, knotted, and hand-spliced coloured twines to visualize Earth’s timeline from the last ice age through possible futures. Architect Caitlin Mueller’s accompanying digital kiosk reveal the engineering forces that achieve equilibrium in the tensile structure.

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