“No exact formula, such as might apply to the motions of the moon or of a pendulum, can be used to predict the timing of business cycles. Rather, in their irregularities, business cycles more closely resemble the fluctuations of the weather.” (Economics, Samuelson and Nordhaus)
Following the proposition from an economics textbook, The Weather of Business Cycles looks into the iconographies of economics and meteorology. The sliding text on the LED sign marks the economic stages (recession, expansion, etc.) that represent the experience of time and crisis in capitalism. But what does the comparison between the human economy and atmospheric phenomena, suggested by the text, really imply?
The work was presented at 345offspace, a window shop exhibition space visible 24/7. Differences in light, temperature, and precipitation changed its reception.
