what stories might be told in a climate-changed future? how might the lives of future generations be shaped by decisions we make now and in our lifetimes? these are questions my collaborator, jacqueline arias, and i began to ask when creating the multimodal piece <\/span>rays of resilience: a vision of the<\/span><\/i> future, <\/span><\/i>thinking about how our different strengths as artists might help us to imagine the future of the place we call home. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tucson, arizona is a city located in the sonoran desert in the american southwest that to this day faces a number of environmental challenges including threats of extreme heat and aridity, water scarcity, wildfire, landscape degradation, and loss of biodiversity. with the climate science showing humanity’s steady approach towards several dangerous tipping points in the coming decades, how might the lives of people living in the old pueblo be transformed? how might we be resilient in the face of inevitable change?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the images created by jacqueline arias use lumenography, an alternative photographic practice in which organic materials are placed on photographic paper and transfer the image through passive exposure to solar light. still landscape photographs provided by zack lischter-katz, featuring tucson’s iconic giant saguaros<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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