2100 C.EThis work is an investigation into the transformation of the Polar Regions on the planet and how the effects of climate change are already aggressively present in the remote ice worlds of the Arctic Circle and Antarctica. I explored these issues through landscape photographs of an endangered local glacier, Big Four in Granite Falls, Washington, along with shoreline of Neah Bay on the north Pacific Coast. The accompanying cyanotype prints showcase the current geography of the poles acting as solid blue-prints of the past. Additionally they, reveal how certain animals already have to adapt to their changing environment. Some, such as the Orca whale will prevail, and some will have to find new means of survival, as with the Arctic Fox.
The 2D works lead you to the center of the ice sculptures to see depictions of flooding of SeaTac Airport, and Renton Valley, and one of Vietnam’s largest metropolitan cities, Ho Chi Minh. These areas are portrayed under water in the year 2100, as they would exist if current carbon emissions go unchecked. These sculptures were based off real 2016 prediction maps developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. By combining image and object, time and motion, the work reflects and comments upon real world systems and conditions of change that are beginning to unfold. |