The Trees Barely Moved

2026
4min 16sec
single-channel video, sound

The images are screenshots and screen recordings of forests moving through a timeline of aerial photographs from google earth.

The first half of the subtitles refer to language from the Torro, Fujita, and Beaufort scales which describe tornado intensity and wind speed.

As the intensity of the storm escalates, the second half of each subtitle is a narrative I wrote describing the creation of carbon atoms, how how carbon contributed to the emergence of and evolution of life, the formation of fossil fuels, and the eventual and ongoing impact of humans on our environment.