W. Benjamin Bray

Fighting Fires

cast glass, blown glass, c-print
64" diam.
2014

The counties highlighted on the map are most likely to experience an extreme decrease in Available Precipitation in the next 50 years. "Available Precipitation" is precipitation available for human use - renewable water not consumed through evaporation and plant transpiration.

We've been melting back the Polar Eternities since we discovered fire. The oldest Arctic sea ice is comprised of freshwater.

Fighting Fires (detail)

Fighting Fires (detail)