Be Alarmed

Situated in a landscape of petrochemical plants and industrial chemical run-off, this project aims at providing methods for monitoring, alerting, and revealing the everyday conditions of toxicity. An alarm system for the unseen, a network of devices will present levels of groundwater, river water and air contamination through recognizable and decipherable forms of display: a new kind of public utility. The subterranean will be mapped above, while the air will be inscribed. Through the use of phyto- and sensor-technology, passive and active systems alert of toxic levels, as well as provide the infrastructure for improvement in an altered, augmented landscape.