Polarity Convergence
For my MFA thesis I built a laboratory where I documented my experiments, both real and imagined. I created videos using stop-motion animation that “captured” the work of a fictional citizen scientist, furiously laboring to prevent climate change in their spare time. Pseudo glaciers were observed melting, ice floes dispersing, and materials both hot and cold were toyed with by anonymized, objective hands. I realize now that this fictional character is indeed me, a concerned person trying desperately to do what I can to usher in a post-fossil future. The lesson for me is that we all can and should do something, even if it is beyond our current area of expertise.