Divorce​ ​Index​ ​is ​conceived​ ​through​ ​the​ ​analysis of​ ​data​ ​surrounding​ ​divorce​ ​statistics​ ​in​ ​the​ ​UK.​ ​The​ ​work​ ​investigates​ ​how​ ​data​ ​can​ ​be made​ ​visible​ ​through​ ​the​ ​creation​ ​of​ ​tangible​ ​emotional​ ​experience.​ ​Divorce​ ​Index​ ​is​ ​a​ 5​​ :24 minutes​ ​long​ ​film​ ​informed​ ​by​ ​open​ ​data​ ​that​ ​identifies​ ​ten​ ​coastal​ ​towns​ ​as​ ​the​ ​top​ ​sites​ ​for divorce​ ​in​ ​the​ ​UK.​ ​Working​ ​with​ ​further​ ​data​ ​sets​ ​to​ ​work​ ​out​ ​why.​ ​Divorce​ ​Index​ ​is​ ​a​ ​filmic response​ ​to​ ​these​ ​findings.​ ​A​ ​couple​ ​in​ ​dishevelled​ ​wedding​ ​clothes​ ​-​ ​myself​ ​and​ ​my husband​ ​-​ ​perform​ ​a​ ​curious​ ​gestural​ ​dance​ ​at​ ​Bottle​ ​Alley​ ​on​ ​Hastings’​ ​promenade.​ ​Each movement​ ​is​ ​a​ ​choreographed​ ​gesture​ ​interpreting​ ​data​ ​around​ ​the​ ​pressures​ ​which​ ​may affect​ ​a​ ​marriage,​ ​including​ ​unemployment,​ ​health​ ​care,​ ​access​ ​to​ ​libraries,​ ​higher education,​ ​and​ ​gambling.

'The New Observatory' exhibition transforms the galleries at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool into an observatory for the 21st century. In collaboration with the Open Data Institute, the exhibition brings together an international group of artists whose work explores new and alternative modes of measuring, predicting, and sensing the world today through data, imagination and other observational methods.

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