Chris Jordan is a Seattle-based photographic artist whose focus is waste—piles of cell phones, aluminum cans, garbage, and the like. His ‘Running the Numbers’ series illustrated what 2 million water bottles looks like, which just so happens to be the same amount used in the US every 5 minutes. This massive lesson in human consumption was something Jordan used to disgust his audience in hopes that they would become good little ecoholics.
Nuage Vert is a like-minded project in that it is geared towards demonstrating the scope of our polluting ways. This exhibition takes place near the Salmisaari power plant in the centre of Helsinki, every night from the 22 to 29 February 2008. During that time, neon coloured lasers will be directed above the power plant’s smoke stacks, where they will illuminate the size and path of emissions. The facility itself will be reclaimed as a centre for creative installations, and interactive cultural exhibits that will enable local residents to “review their environmental ethics.”
