Transplant is a site-specific work that functions as an inverted living time capsule, pulling the ecological future into the immediate present. The piece houses local Swedish plants within a series of 36” diameter hemispherical domes, each acting as a controlled laboratory for a warming world. These manipulated environments, visible within an outdoor public park, are computer controlled to simulate the projected climatic shifts of Malmö, Sweden over the next two centuries.

Park visitors witness native Swedish plants sprout, struggle, and perish according to projected data-driven realities of rising mean temperatures, shifting moisture levels and the more volatile conditions we should be prepared for. The environments contained within the domes represents the projected future years of 2056 (+2.5 °C), 2110 (+5.8 °C), and 2180 (+10.2 °C)

This piece required operating “off the grid” with a network of sensors, water pumps, temperature controls, microcomputers and a dedicated solar panel for power generation.

The project was made in collaboration with Josh Miller and Ryan Hickey and was on display as part of the Agrikultura exhibition in Malmo, Sweden in the summer of 2017.