CO2morrow is a reactive sculpture, first shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in London as a part of the show, “Earth: Art of a Changing World” in 2009. Inspired by Timothy Morton’s idea of the hyperobject, CO2morrow approaches climate change as an issue of consciousness. The sculpture is created almost entirely out of carbon fiber and is modeled after a scrubber molecule that takes CO2 out of the air, based on research by chemist Omar Yaghi. The sculpture is also covered in LED lights that react in real time to data received from a network of sensing technologies in the United Kingdom. During the project, the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, who were helping Lutyens and his team collect data, were hacked in Climategate, an email leak that attempted to expose climate science as a conspiracy. After its showing at the Royal Academy of Arts, CO2morrow was moved to Seaton Delaval Hall, on the northeast coast of the England.

PROJECT ARTISTS
Marcos Lutyens | Alessandro Marianantoni
SCULPTURE DESIGN TEAM
Roberto Castellani and Lucia Barna SS67 architetti
Francesco Chiesi Structural Engineer
Riccardo Bagagli Composite Engineer
Daniela Pangallo and Marco Piana at Ghigos Energy