Photos, by varying photographers, that have been featured as headline images for news/media outlet articles reporting natural disasters from across the globe have been compiled as a series, printed on vinyl, and posted publicly in Atlanta by Pilar Studios. Each image is a separate incident, but all images in this series occurred this year alone; from 01/1/25 till installation. All of these disasters are symptoms of climate change. As an ongoing installation, this project will feature any and all weather events related to climate change that occur in the year 2025.
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“A Series of Disasters” is a public installation of vinyl photographic prints that each represent a climate disaster that has occurred in the year 2025. These images have been taken from news articles published across the globe which report on events that are direct symptoms of climate change, particularly relating to the life/quality of life threatening consequences of natural disasters, weather extremes, and economic/social disruptions. The prints are meant to bring these, seemingly, distant happenings out of our phone, computer, and TV screens and into the cityscape of Atlanta where they can portray the inevitable effects of the climate crisis coming to our own city. Inspired by a viral anonymous quote from Twitter stating “Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it”, Pilar Studios has taken this concept into a physical realm to illustrate the reality of humanity’s disassociation with these topics and their unsettling ramifications.