Future Under Climate Tyranny (F.U.C.T) (A 4° C warmer world)
2011
handmade paper (abaca, cotton, flax, wheat straw, beach and desert sand, soil, marine plastic, dried anchovies, dried shrimp, feather boa seaweed, dried garden plants, vegetable seeds, pigment), pva, acrylic
68 x 123 x 1.5 inches (installed)
F.U.C.T. is an inverted world map about climate change. Utilizing 11 different kinds of handmade paper with conceptually specific materials this project reveals the possible fate of familiar cities and prospects of unfamiliar territories, changes that will metaphorically turn our world upside down. Based on a map in New Scientist magazine, F.U.C.T. is a map of the future, showing a 4?C warming of surface temperatures. The map is startling; familiar cities are wiped out by desertification and extreme weather patterns, and unfamiliar new territories open up to urban and agricultural possibilities. The map delimitates habitable and uninhabitable zones, serving as a tool for future climate refugees and as a warning to contemporary earthlings.
