Unpredictable Tides

通过数值指标对流量的抽象，潮汐通常被认为是一种可预测的、有规律的运动。然而，潮汐预测是基于一系列不同的潮汐成分，包括天文力量、天气条件和许多其他因素，这使得潮汐非常复杂。在任何潮汐读数的背后都是各种各样的流和意想不到的模式（McCully, 2007），它们永远在变化，并受到复杂的综合因素的影响，包括技术和有机、大气和行星际。在创造性实践的引导下，本研究将把潮汐作为一种可预测和可量化模式的科学结构来分析（Steinberg, 2001），提出一种定位潮汐过程的方法。通过对泰晤士河沿岸的案例研究，我将了解潮间带结构以及人类和非人类物种如何与潮汐合作。然后，我将创作艺术品，试图以不同的方式呈现这股潮流，并提高人们的意识。

Through an abstraction of flow by numerical indices, the tide is generally perceived as one predictable and regular movement. Yet, tidal predictions are based on an array of various tidal constituents involving astronomical forcing, weather conditions and many other factors, making the tide immensely complex. Behind any tide reading are variegated streams and unexpected patterns (McCully, 2007) that are permanently changing and affected by a complex ensemble, technical and organic, atmospheric and interplanetary. Led by creative practices, this research will analyse the tide as a scientific construct of a predictable and quantifiable pattern (Steinberg, 2001), proposing instead a situated approach towards tidal processes. Using case studies along the Thames, I will develop an understanding of intertidal architecture and how human and non human species collaborate with the tide. I will then develop artworks in the attempt to make the tide differently available and raise awareness.