I’ve been working on a large scale project that involves taking my artistic practice to countries based on the climate zone. One of the challenges of working with organic materials is that you cannot take organic materials across the boarder so the easiest way is to take your practice/research with you while you travel. I have just recently finished the limited edition release of Valley Moments, volume 1, Moments of Creative Exploration  and had a bit of a realization of how to plan the other editions. The next one will be based on the theme, ‘(scientific) Inquiry’ so.. ‘Moments of (scientific) Inquiry’ which got me thinking about this large scale project as it involves traveling also.

The project involves taking my practice/research to a different country in a different climate zone, and my electrography process to photograph organic material within different climate zones. My goal is to see similarities (or continuities?) in each climate zone of maybe similar materials. It has made me pay attention to the destination even more so. For example, Greenland is on my list because it’s climate is within the Tundra zone, however that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t vegetation. There could be very little vegetation – however it will still be significant to my work. Additionally, the vegetation in the Tundra zones of the world may lie really in the oceans – so scuba diving might be a possibility to collect samples. From observation during my residency in Italy, the voltage and frequency of electricity used within a specific country can also impact results on paper. As observed, the effect on paper was much harsher in Italy since there was a greater use (220 volts vs 110 volts in USA). In Greenland it’s even higher (220 – 240 volts).

Perhaps from a data perspective, my goal is to hope to visualize climate change in a stronger way. To maybe see effects of using organic materials overtime within a specific climate zone. The voltage used within a country shouldn’t change that much, but since the effect on paper is related to water presence in organic materials, we might be able to see things become drier or more moist over time.