NATHAN POTTIER
Helsinki | Paris

Data | Design | Environmental Science | Communication | Empowerment
Key to my values and work ethic, I believe that our environmental crisis is made too complex and inacessible.

Clear, evidential and engaging approaches through design and technological advances are a solution to bring forward narratives to act.
 
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2022 & 2024


Internship | Research collaboration
[NL]

01.22 - 06.22 | 01.24 - 08.24




In 2022 and 2024 I interned at and later collaborated with Woven Studio, in Zandaam (NL) under the supervision of ecological artist Thijs Biersteker and Andrea Bandelli, former executive director at Science Gallery International.

In the context of the research collaboration (2024) within my Masters program, I engaged in strategic and exploratory research to investigate the potential for climate science communication aimed at specific target groups. This research was conducted in parallel  with the Memories of the Melted artwork exhibited at Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2024.

During my internship (2022) I contributed to a diversity of projects and at varying levels, from prototyping, production, assembly & disassembly, data retrieval and representing the studio during official events (UNESCO General Conference 2022, Paris).

[All images of Woven artworks are proprietary to Woven Studio and/or Thijs Biersteker]
Research collaboration

[The contents of the work produced during the 8 months period 01.24-08.24 remains confidential and therefore an overall summary of the conducted research and approach is presented]


Research question: How can we apply narrative frameworks to reach and engage policy makers with climate science topics through a values and identities approach?

  • Conducted expert interviews for qualitative insights.

  • Performed comprehensive literature reviews (books, peer-reviewed journals, and research articles).


  • Designed and facilitated workshops and stakeholder interviews for contextual inquiry and data collection.

  • Engaged in iterative prototyping, testing, and validation processes.


Internship

[Following is a selection of artworks to which I contributed during my internship]





Working on assembling the electronics for the cube version of Wither in studio

Wither is a series of pieces that uses global deforestation data provided by UNESCO and show its alarming pace through its flickering leaves.

Every flicker of a leaf represents 128.61m^2 of real time rainforest loss accross our entire planet.


I contributed to the production of newly commissioned pieces; worked hands-on with materials such as steel and the laminated leaves, helped in the fabrication with electronics and soldering as well as the assembly and disassembly of these installations in museums and exhibition spaces such as the Kinder Biennale in Dresden.



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ECONARIO



Econario is a robotic installation that uses data provided by the Natural History Museum of London on the past and future evolution scenarios of diverse countries Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII). Its height and movements are aligned with the BII trends based on the  
5 SSP scenarios

used to characterize possible future development

SSP Diagram
as defined by the IPCC. As the BII index grows or shrinks over time, so does the sculpture.








I provided support in analysing the data, compiled, cleaned and visualized the provided datasets through pandas library and extracted initial findings on the different trends and scenarios of BII in various parts of the world. While being exhibited at the 2022 G20 conference held in India, I assisted the set-up of the piece at the Bihar Museum. 



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MB>CO₂  analyzes the audiences internet usage (MB) as they interact with the piece through Zoom call, sharing their spotify streams or netfix usage and converts the data into a CO₂  equivalent and emits the corresponding gas into a biodome.



In this piece, I worked hands-on in its physical construction but more importantly, I assisted in its technical realization; from understanding the complex code behind it as well as the electronics and hardware being used.

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