The 1200-year Climate Podcast (an excerpt)
Chris Chafe
Artwork 2018
Installation photograph from the ‘Sounding the Void, Imaging the Orchestra V.1’ exhibition in A4’s Gallery. Chris Chafe's video and sound work 'The 1200-year Climate Podcast (an excerpt)' is playing on a screen sitting on the concrete gallery floor.
Artwork: Chris Chafe, The 1200-year Climate Podcast (an excerpt) (2018). Video, sound. 1 min 33 sec. Courtesy of the artist.
Artist Chris Chafe Title The 1200-year Climate Podcast (an excerpt) Date 2018 Materials Video, sound Dimensions 1 min 33 sec Credit Courtesy of the artist

Research Team: UC Berkeley: Valeri Vasquez, Kate Pennington and Hal Gordon
KQED: Danielle Venton and Kat Snow

The 1200-year Climate Podcast (an excerpt) sounds the effects of climate change on the planet. By sonifying CO2 and temperature data from 850 A.D. to 2016, this music composition tracks the global average temperature as a way to understand the speed at which our planet has changed.

Installation photograph from the ‘Sounding the Void, Imaging the Orchestra V.1’ exhibition in A4’s Gallery. On the right, Jared Ginsburg’s mixed media painting ‘Backdrop no. 2 (backdrop as sculpture)’ is mounted on the gallery wall. On the left, Chris Chafe’s video 'The 1200-year Climate Podcast (an excerpt)’ playing on a square screen on the floor.
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