Dark Matter # I – Let the people speak
Future vision of People and Society
People & Society
Year Artwork Created
2021
Artist Statement
The Pacific people, whose actions inspired this work, resolutely defend their ancestral homes and cultures that are under threat from global warming. This work is conceived as a warning: a transitioning and fragmenting world hovers on the edge of the abyss. Will the world’s leaders take heed, or allow the world to overheat, and its societies fragment? A 2050 world envisions action now to prevent islands such as Tuvalu being taken by the sea to become the first climate change refugee nation.