A new project from Beatie Wolfe, ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ uses art to communicate 6 decades of climate data, specifically rising methane levels (Smoke), set alongside the verbatim advertising slogans deployed by the Big Oil industry to deny, doubt, and delay (Mirrors) climate awareness through the decades, starting from 1970 until present day.
This evocative visualization, based on NASA’s Blue Marble image and produced in collaboration with Parliament, is set to “Oh My Heart”, which was released as the world’s first bioplastic record by Beatie Wolfe, Michael Stipe and Brian Eno’s EarthPercent.
Smoke and Mirrors follows Wolfe’s multi-award winning CO2 visualisation ‘From Green to Red,’ which was unveiled at the Nobel Prize Summit and was the largest art piece at COP26. It was influenced by the work of Geoffrey Supran & Naomi Oreskes and source data from NOAA, NASA, EEA.
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SEPTEMBER 2025
AltaSea's Blue Hour, Port of Los Angeles
Beatie Wolfe will be the featured artist of AltaSea's Blue Hour 2025 event which connects science, culture, and community by combining art and technology to tell the story of the emerging Blue Economy.
Duration: September 2025
SEPTEMBER 2025
International Biennial of Digital Arts, Paris
Smoke and Mirrors has been invited to be part of the Paris International ink:Biennial of Digital Arts (aka Nemo).
The opening weekend is Friday October 10 to Sunday October 12 with the exhibition running until early summer of 2026 at the Cent Quatre Paris
CURRENTLY THROUGH AUG 2026
Ars Electronica Center, Linz
The world's most recognised art tech museum invited Smoke and Mirrors to be part of their “Connected Earth” exhibition taking over the main exhibition hall.
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SXSW, Austin II MARCH 2024
Invited as the only official art piece of SXSW’24 ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ was first unveiled and installed as an official art piece throughout the festival following a featured session with the SXSW’s Co-PresidentTOA (Tech Open Air) Festival, Berlin II JUNE 2024
Berlin’s leading technology event, TOA, celebrates its 10th anniversary in the iconic Colosseum in Berlin with the European Premiere of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz II SEPT 2024
Considered to be one of the most important museums of modern and contemporary art in Austria, “Smoke and Mirrors” was exhibited to some 112,000 visitors from over 60 countries.
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Prix Ars Electronica - Golden Nica Winner.
The world's most time-honored media arts award, Prix Ars Electronica announces that its "Golden Nica 2024" will be awarded to Beatie Wolfe’s ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ with the ceremony.
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International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences - Anthem Award.
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences have awarded an Anthem Award Bronze Medal.
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