CLIMATE ANXIETY (2020)
Site-specific artwork / Photography
Climate Anxiety is a site-specific installation made in a nature conservation area in Tampere, Finland.
The climate crisis is placing a heavy burden on our environment and on those who are adamant about trying to preserve it. We live amid dire circumstances, and the anxieties and feelings of inadequacy have become overwhelming. For a few hours in November of 2020, trees in the woods of Pyynikinharju in Tampere were blemished with red crafting paper strips resembling gapping cuts.
The red markings stood in harsh contrast against the forest greenery, and the connotations of destruction and pain were clear. This work is based on notions of environmentalism and self-harm. The site-specific practices involved in this work were environmentally friendly, and all trace of it was removed from the forest.