” Air of the Anthropocene” project

The “Air of the Anthropocene” project utilizes light painting to visually represent air pollution in India, Ethiopia, and the UK, highlighting significant health risks and initiating global conversations on air quality. Created by artist Robin Price and an environmental scientist at the University of Birmingham to document air pollution levels around the world through photography.

This international initiative combines art and science to create photographic evidence of air pollution using digital light painting techniques and low-cost air pollution sensors.

Particulate matter (PM), including PM10 and PM2.5, is a key focus of the project, with PM concentrations measured in real-time using sensors and visualized through a moving LED array.