The project
Working with climate change scientist Professor Gareth Phoenix and Sheffield creative studio Virtual Pixel, Arantza Pardo has created stunning artworks that reveal the damage to Arctic ecosystems caused by extreme weather events. Hold your phone or tablet up to a painting to discover the science behind the image.
“The project is inspired by the emblematic Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, composing two paintings: a visible one, an immersive large scale green Arctic landscape; and a hidden one, the truth, which is revealed when the visitor puts any device close to the painting.”
Arantza Pardo
The paintings are also viewable from home via the Uncertain Awareness augmented reality (AR) app, available on mobile devices.
Here you can watch a film about this ambitious and inspiring, mixed-media art installation:
Acknowledgements:
Arantza Pardo, Painting and video edition
Virtual Pixel, App Development
Peter Veale, Drone footage
Photographs by: Rachael Treharne, Jarle Bjerke, Tom Parker, Stef Bokhorst
The team
- For more information about Professor Gareth Phoenix’s research, visit his staff page
- To see more of Arantza Pardo’s work, visit arantzapardo.com or follow her on Instagram
- To see more of Virtual Pixel’s work, visit virtualpixel.co.uk
See Also
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Whisper Drifter Trickster
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Common Ground
Installation exploring our relationship with food production and waste. Professor Duncan Cameron and artist Jo Peel -
Salmon of Steel
A celebration of the return of the iconic salmon to Sheffield after 220 years of absence. Dr Deborah Dawson, Sally Hyslop, Jason Heppenstall, Sophie Carter, Dr Ed Shaw
