The Boggy Gassy Balls is a work in progress. It consists of thousands of small, finger-rolled black plasticine balls. These balls translate a continuous data stream from an agri-sensor network monitoring a degraded peatland in the Cambrian Mountains, West Wales. Each day’s data is embodied by thousands of black balls; after every 5,376 balls, a single white ball is added, marking the close of one day and the beginning of the next.
The work renders raw environmental data as something volatile and active: a lively accumulation of both presence and absence. By translating digits into hand-rolled soft, sticky, mouldable forms, the work transforms the rigidity of a data stream into a tactile, malleable presence.
In the Assembly Room…Spring 2026
All photos by Ash Calvert, 2026