Surf Wave Visualization – Winter Show 2020

Collecting, graphing, and producing a physical construction of wave acceleration surfed in the Rockaways, Queens.

Alan Winslow

Three blue acrylic laser cut waves from data collected in the ocean mounted on an orange acrylic square.

Data visualization of three waves in blue on an orange background.

Data visualization of two waves in blue on an yellow background.

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Description

For this piece, I attached a circuit measuring and recording acceleration in my wetsuit and brought out to the beach for a surf session. The resulting data was graphed, and the waves surfed were separated from the other data. The wave data was then turned into a vector to be laser cut in acrylic for the final pieces.

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