Each day at 2 pm, humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds what earth can regenerate that day. After 2 pm, we live on future generation's expense. This artwork changes to an expressionist version once the overshoot moment has passed, day by day.

This project closes the feedback loop between lifestyle and environmental impact. 10 countries are featured with their individual overshoot moment. In Australia, the resources are completely consumed at 5 am in the morning. In Thailand, the earth’s ecological limits are reached at about 4 pm.

The data is based on the Earth Overshoot Day which is hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network, an international research organization. Find more here: https://www.overshootday.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/


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