Resaerate, 2023

Resaerate is an experimental, data driven 3D animation that reflects on the human relationship to landscape in the aftermath of environmental catastrophe. On December 30th, 2021 the Marshall Fire ripped through Boulder county fueled by high winds and dry conditions, and took with it over 1,000 homes and structures. This video is inspired by resilience in the face of climate crisis and the reconfiguring of our connection to wind and air quality in particular.

The animation is comprised of over a dozen landscape scans collected on the front range of Colorado over the course of three seasons. Hovering over the landscapes is a three dimensional representation of indoor air quality provided by the Hannigan Air Quality and Technology Research Lab collected in the months after the Marshall Fire. The eventual splintering and collapse of the object opens up the view to a single ponderosa pine tree while the accompanying audio is a series of layered sonified data of wind speed and wind gust measurements taken on December 30th, 2021.

Resaerate was presented at the Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Gallery as part of the “Cultivating Resilience” exhibition organized by Jullian Young, Amy Hoagland, and Summer King.