Performance with light projection and research poster, School of Communication, Royal College of Art, 2018.
Xanthoria parietina is a nitrogen-loving lichen. Its presence could indicate the prevalence of nitrogen-containing pollutants, emitted by transport and industry. In this interactive installation, the hemisphere functions as both magnifying lens and “lichen-eye view”. Human interaction enlarges aspects of the light image, just as exposure to anthropogenic emissions causes actual lichen populations to flare up or recede over time.
Making a case for a “moss-eye view”, sociologist Jennifer Gabrys articulates the possibility to “extend and challenge the familiar […] by asking how radically different urban inhabitations might yield new perspectives […] even when those processes […] take place below the radar of the usual spaces of urban–human encounters” (2012, my italics).
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