Arctic 60n 130w

Creative Rationale

Over the Canadian Arctic archipelago in the Beaufort Sea region, this location experiences extreme atmospheric conditions with exceptionally low pressure, frigid temperatures, and near-complete humidity saturation. The minimal wind speed of 0.4 m/s from the northwest creates an almost eerily calm atmosphere, which I've interpreted through Riley's widest, most languid undulations flowing in gentle northwest-to-southeast diagonals. The brutal cold temperatures and the mathematical precision of the atmospheric data call for her early black-and-white optical work, with the steep pressure gradient translated into tightly packed parallel lines that create intense visual vibration despite the atmospheric calm.