The Climate Machine

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The Climate Machine was created in partnership with Active Ingredient as part of their project – A Conversation Between Trees.

The circular sheets of paper placed on the machine rotate slowly, with each revolution representing a year starting from 1959, going forward to 2011. A heating element burns a line into the paper, drawing a circular graph of that years fluctuating Co2. Like tree rings, these drawings are meant to be read as a collection of ever increasing global Co2 levels. The individual drawings are hung in a row through the length of the gallery, similar to a disected tree trunk, where each individual drawing depicts a ring represents the changing Co2 levels over the last 52 years.

The Climate Machine
The Climate Machine
The Climate Machine

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