Between the Dragonfly and the Barometer

Installation for the 17th Venice Biennale responding to the question "How will we live together?" through an immersive installation redefining borders, scale, and agency through the lens of the South Asian monsoon. Drawing upon climate data, fieldwork, and immersive audio visual media, audiences experience the impacts of climate change on the Indo-Pacific region through the disrupted migratory cycles of the Globe Skimmer dragonfly Pantala Flavescens across three monsoonal cities, Chennai, Dhaka, and Yangon.
Work carried out as part of Monsoon Assemblages (ERC Grant No.679873)


Client: 17th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Bienannle 2021
Design by Monsoon Assemblages: Lindsay Bremner, Beth Cullen, John Cook
Sensory Environment by Office of Experiments: Neil White, Bill Thompson, Erik Kearney
Columns by: Jed Baron and James Merchant
Year: 2021
Location: Venice
45.42963°N, 12.35887°E