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The audio visual installation Coal Country predicted the effects of climate change on the Australian East coast landscape and from an aerial perspective, the sky above each landscape. The viewer flew over and listened to six locations from the peninsula at Newcastle East, the vineyards at Wollombi, the inlet at the Hawkesbury River, the bay at Pretty Beach, the beach at Avalon and finally King street in Newtown where the work was originally conceived of in early 2008.
The 6 land and seascapes were distorted (stretched or warped) and displayed an interpretation of their satellite image. Hovering above them web like black broken lines twisted over/into each to imply a fracture in the earth’s structure and a representation of oil coagulating after falling from the engine of an aircraft. The cloudy skies (above each wing) were altered in hue from an aqua blue haze to violet and lime. The discoloration presented a future pollution of our earth’s atmospheres as we continue to pollute.