New Work by Matt Kenyon reflects on Climate Change
Oracle by Matt Kenyon (2023).
Climate change is often the target of unreliable information, especially in social media and in politically charged debates. Kenyon's work attempts to provide reliable, fact-based information and education on the topic, while also underscoring the urgency of the situation with visceral, even mythical, imagery.
Kenyon's new project, Oracle, is an interactive artwork featuring a talking flame emanating from a burning tire. The burning tire functions as a climate change oracle that viewers can approach and ask their questions about environmental crises and the changes in the world around them. Funded by: https://fineacts.co/oracle
Kenyon also recently received a grant from the Warhol Foundation to develop another work involving fire. Dumpster is an interactive talking dumpster fire – a fusion of tech, art, and environmental concerns that serves as a megaphone, spotlighting waste, consumerism, and politics, igniting important dialogues.
