Living with CO2brings carbon dioxide into the familiar through revisiting known objects, such as a sundial and a scale, designed to interpret the external world.
Due to human activities carbon dioxide levels are rising, causing the Earth to become warmer. New scientific discoveries provide knowledge which challenges past insights on the topic. This rapidly developing science can be seen as uncertain, which limits the understanding of the individual and therefore their ability to act. At its current measured levels, carbon dioxide has no smell, no tangibility, and no colour. However, it has an impact that can clearly be observed.
This project materialises the gap between the unseen and the tangible by using one of the byproducts of photosynthesis, wood, as a medium. Photosynthesis intake of carbon dioxide varies with the seasons, affected by the Sun's rays. By relating seasonal actions to the carbon cycle, changes become relatable and doubt can be embraced. In time, this can formulate new ways to comprehend and experience the science of carbon dioxide.
The project is based at Stave Hill Ecological Park in London.
Made from twigs found at Stave Hill Ecological Park and Oak log found in Herdfordshire
As winter comes, it is quite common for humans to stay indoors and spend times during the holidays with loved ones. The ritual consist at collecting twigs around the paths at Stave Hill Ecological part, to cut them in equal length and to paint half of it. Grouping them together with a knot, they can be hanged at the Treasure Map. The wood wishes, inspired by ex-votos and votives, envisions a collective wishing act, aiming to find unity.
