INTERNATIONAL
London’s Invisible Dust
By Allison Palenske
Contributor
Double Pendulum by Faisal Abdu’Allah (2011). Screening
of Double Pendulum video work outside the London
Olympic Stadium. Image courtesy the artist.
On Wednesday May 7, 2014, the pollution levels for London read as “moderate” on Invisible Dust’s website—a reading that has not been as consistent as one might assume in recent times. This daily monitor, more commonly found as part of a weather forecast, acts as
a constant reminder of the organization’s founding inquiry: how can people understand the
environmental health implications of their behavior when polluting by-products so often
disappear into the air as invisible particles?
Invisible Dust is a nonprofit group based in London that brings together artists, designers,
technologists, and scientists to work around ideas of climate change and related environmental health issues. As suggested by their name, Invisible Dust curates their works around
the concept of visibility and subtle qualitative environmental changes. Their tagline, “things
you don’t see but should,” elucidates the concept behind the myriad projects supported by
the organization.
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