Expected completion: 2026

All That Was Solid is a multi-media project, including moving image, sound, and analog photography. This project explores the myriad geophysical, geopolitical, and ecological implications of rapidly thawing permafrost and sea ice for the communities (human and non-human) of arctic and subarctic regions. Scientific and historical engagement with these landscapes are interwoven into a complex portrait of ecosystems in crisis. Combining digital media with 16mm film and alternative processing using botanical compounds and microbial colonies, All That Was Solid moves beyond the linguistic confines of techno-optimism and economics, suggesting other ways of imagining and understanding this particular–and urgent–facet of climate change.

With support from: