Cry of the Earth / Tipping Point

Description

Cry of the Earth / Tipping Point is a ripplescape about climate change. The artwork expresses the turbulent conditions we are currently experiencing in the wake of decades of global warming.

Cry of the Earth / Tipping Point builds on the ‘climate stripes’ – a colour chart of global annual temperatures proposed by climate scientist Ed Hawkins in 2018 to visualise climate change. The stripes are doing a great job of making people aware of global warming, but I feel we need complementary imagery to help grasp today’s climate dynamics.

The climate stripes in Cry of the Earth / Tipping Point cover 64 years, from 1960 to 2024. Towards the end of this period, the stripes give way to a ripplescape, representing the turbulent climate dynamics we have experienced globally in recent years.