The Atmosphere is Always Still Being Made

August – November 2022 at HTO Park West 

Made from lime concrete, olivine, straw, graphite and charcoal, The Atmosphere is Always Still Being Made is a carbon-capturing sculpture that continuously absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide. This means that as your breath joins the air between you and the sculpture, some of the carbon in your exhalation is likely to become part of the sculpture. Over time the sculpture will harden due to this carbon absorption, eventually becoming limestone. This means that breath becomes air, which becomes sculpture, which becomes geology—a reminder that we live in exchange with the atmospheric and geologic conditions of this planet. The work is meant to offer a space of contemplation around climate change, acknowledging both the massive scale of the climate emergency and the possibility that things could be different.