An ephemeral installation that visualises the impacts of global warming through four coastal cities — Mérida, New York, Cape Town, and Amsterdam — each representing a distinct geography of climate vulnerability.
The installation consists of a horizontal fabric plane representing sea level, traversed vertically by four recycled fabric cones corresponding to each city. A pulley and counterweight system loaded with sand slowly descends the cones through the sea level mark over the duration of the exhibition — a measured, physical enactment of submergence.
The work transmits a call to action toward the present, inviting visitors to consider the relationship between daily habits and the planet's future. Data on sea level elevation under different climate change scenarios grounds each cone's trajectory.
