Scorched Earth
Wildfires around the world are getting more ferocious and harder to control, as climate changes fuels more extreme heat. In unusually hot, dry seasons like the summer of 2018 in Sweden, the number and size of fires starts to outstrip humans’ ability to respond and cope.
Commissioned for the Nature’s Harmony exhibition in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 2024, Scorched Earth is an audiovisual artwork based on daily fire counts from the Swedish county of Skåne during the year 2018. It includes elements of data sonification and audio-reactive visuals. The sound palette takes inspiration from horror movie soundtracks, folk music and 20th-century string music.