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Climate Compass
A compass that orients you to the future2017 - ongoing
Team
Sara Dean, Designer
Mark Stacey, Scientific Advisor
Susan Schwartenberg, Advisor
Exploratorium, Sponsor
The compass is also a timeline, radiating out from the center to the outside of the circle, showing the change in elevation over the next 100 years, as well as when different types of storms and floods will start to impact the area.Climate Compasses have been installed to date in San Francisco at the Exploratorium and Heron’s Head Ecology Center, as well as at Arts Santa Monica in Barcelona, Spain. The project was developed with support from the Bay Observatory at Exploratorium.
Site Installations
Climate Compass Cooley Landing. Palo Alto, CA 2023
Climate Compass Lake Merritt, Lake Merritt Boathouse. Oakland, CA 2022
Climate Compass Embarcadero, Exploratorium. San Francisco, CA 2022
Climate Compass Las Ramblas, Arts Santa Monica Museum. Barcelona, Spain 2022
Climate Compass Heron’s Head, Heron Head Ecology Center. San Francisco, CA 2022
Climate Compass Pier 17. Exploratorium. San Francisco, CA 2018
Exhibitions
La Irrupción, Arts Santa Monica Museum. Barcelona, Spain.
The Climate Compass, Exploratorium Arts Showcase, State of the San Francisco Estuary Conference. Oakland, California
Locating Climate Change, Art Toronto. Toronto, Canada
Media
Wong, Alyson. “A Day On The Bayview’s Shifting Shore,” Kneedeep Times.