I would describe this image's subject as climate change. I read the image in line with the "follow the thing" approach to ethnography in which following climat echange in CA allows for the production of this visual cascade.
immitative collage
In light of the inspiration from Piet Mondrian, I would suggest it would be helful to quite literally add a "frame" to the image (i.e. a black framing as seen in Mondrain's work).
In all honesty, prior to reading the text I was unsure how to digest this image. The center image of the dominoe seemed to stand out (though on initial reading not in a way that was signifing of how to "read" the image). I then noticed the varying charts and wondered if (how) it was important for me to understand the graphic details of the charts within the image.
I am unsure how to be interpellated as a subject as I am at once a lifetime contributor to climate change in CA as well as a current/potential victim of this cascade.
I find this collection and collage very interesting for this primary reason: It takes charts, graphs, stat's, and other "classic" informatics, and plays with them in such a way as to both utilize as well as question the information therein. At first it seems like a collection of information in visual formats, but it is a toppling array of chaos and structural violence.
I find this collection and collage very interesting for this primary reason: It takes charts, graphs, stat's, and other "classic" informatics, and plays with them in such a way as to both utilize as well as question the information therein. At first it seems like a collection of information in visual formats, but it is a toppling array of chaos and structural violence.
The first thing that it comes to my mind when looking at the pictures at the same time, is the domino effect. The graphs are very helpful as it guides the reader to connect negative health effects with asthma and air pollution.The image serves as starting point to talk about the implication of not having a strict policy on air pollution. However, from my own experience having a strict policy is not necessarily the best solution to address air pollution. As our current economic systems feeds and grows by producing pollution.
