You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

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You don’t need a weatherman
to know which way the wind
blows

If humans were gone at least a
third of all birds on Earth might not even notice

Terrorism, samhällsfara,
attentat, mord! (Amalthea)

Unrealized Ruins

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, 2011
Homemade wind generator (4 x 1 x 1 m), two digital prints on backlit film mounted in two 12v LED light boxes (48 x 36 cm), cables, 12v battery.

Installation view.

Wall text:
A homemade wind generator has been used to harvest wind energy, which has been used to power
lights in the buildings depicted in the photographs. The photographs are presented in light boxes,
which consume the harvested wind energy stored in the battery for as long as the energy lasts.

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, 2011
Photograph #1

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, 2011
Photograph #2