Installation at La Jolla Historical Society 2017, part of Weather on Steroids: the Art of Climate Change Science
LISTEN TO THE TREES addresses the impact of climate change on San Diego's ecology. The installation focuses on two trees, the coastal Torrey pine, and the Jeffrey pine growing in the inland mountains. Photomontages line the walls, while tree stumps offer visitors a place to sit and contemplate the scene. On one stump an ipad touch screen displays diagrams of the tree rings of these two species based on historical data and models projecting future climate under differing emissions scenarios.
Above: Laguna Mountains. Jeffrey pine and cedar impacted by drought and bark beetle. Three panels, 79”x50." 2016
Below: Torrey Pines State Park.
Sample images of the tree rings of Torrey pines from touch screen display. For more see Listen to the Trees website.