Tavares Strachan Glo–Our Rainmaker (Cloud Chamber), 2006 Computerized operation system, glass cloud chamber, light boxes   Installation View With this work Strachan recreates a natural phenomenon—cloud formation—within a fabricated environment using computer operated switches, pressure, water, and silicon powder. The silicon powder is released at varying intervals into a spherical glass chamber thus creating a cloud that exists for approximately 10-15 minutes. The cycle is then repeated. "In February of 2006 I went about creating a cloud in my studio. Hooking up a system to the building’s water line, I was able to simulate a set of 18 different cloud formations in a hand-made glass system. On one level, I was interested in the idea of being able to use the water system that all of the people in New Haven, CT have access to, to assist in recreating this phenomena. On another level, I was very much interested in the impossibility and the desire to create something that is seemingly impossible, in this case, a cloud." (Strachan, 2006) Below: Glass cloud chamber   Below— Left: Cumulonimbus from Cloud Chamber Series I, 2006 Right: Cirrus (floccus) from Cloud Chamber Series I, 2006 Positive film mounted on lightbox. Ed. of 3, 12 x 9.75 inches
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