Canadian Energy Landscape
by Sharlet Kumar
An electronic sculpture that uses energy self-referentially to illustrate the tension in Canada’s energy conversation.
About this work
Inspired by Mathew Embry’s 2019 documentary Global Warning, this electronic sculpture visually demonstrates how energy is generated and used across Canada, alongside the socio-economic impacts of our current energy landscape. Kumar studies Mechatronics and AI Engineering, where energy is the foundation of all the work, and built something that uses energy self-referentially to illustrate the gravity of the conversation. Each perspective in the sculpture is a microcosm of the larger debate. Viewed from above, the tension is unmistakable. The piece does not answer the question of how to reconcile so many valid, intertwined viewpoints, but insists that asking is the first step to a safer future.
