c a s c a d e s

Abstract

Philosopher Timothy Morton refers to climate change as a hyperobject, “a conceptual fact so large and complex that, like the internet, it can never be properly comprehended. Much of the complexity surrounding the idea of climate change is due to the incomprehensibility of the extent of an intricate and seemingly infinitely connected web of biofeedback loops, such as the albedo effect, which are accelerating the already staggering rate of climate devastation. c a s c a d e s is informed by these feedback loops and attempts to bring the intimately impactful, yet seemingly distant, effects of these feedback loops to the forefront of our perception. throughout the piece, electronics distort the listenersperception of cause and effect, what is real and what is artificial, what is impacting and what is being impacted.