xlab Showcase 2023 - Ways of Uninventing

ephemera

Harpreet Sareen +YiBo Fu +Yasuaki Kakehi


ephemera is an installation composed of bubbles which have formed in a glass vessel containing liquid. The bubbles which line up in order, create an image of animals that face extinction due to global warming. By pouring carbonated water into the vessel which is hydrophobically treated in a certain pattern, carbon dioxide bubbles generate and stick at the defined points on the surface of the glass in various sizes. These bubble images are stable for one day before they start to gradually shrink and disappear.