Art for Installation

I create immersive artworks for installation, bringing public attention to places around the world that are most affected by the climate crisis.

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I am leading the development of a series of immersive artworks that respond to ecological change worldwide. Multi-sensory and interactive by nature, these works invite audiences to form new bonds with the planet and to re-imagine their place within it—as part of it.

***Lungs of the Earth*** is a spatialised sound installation inspired by field recordings from the Amazon rainforest, recorded by sound artist Felix Blume with sound design by composer Bernardo Alvarado Rojas. Four elemental poems by Brazilian writers—”Water” by Patrizia Longhitano, “Fire” by Virna Teixeira, “Air” by Alyssa Martens, and “Earth” by Monika Radojevic—take audiences on a narrative journey, highlighting the call and response between animal and human voices.
The installation serves as a monument to the songs being lost to deforestation and climate change, and encourages audiences to develop a personal relationship with the story of ‘the last forest’ through a multi-sensory and interactive exhibition environment.
***Lungs of the Earth*** premiered at Lobe Spatial Sound Studio—one of two 4D Sound spaces in the world—in November 2024, was showcased by Hypha Studios (London, UK) from November-December 2024, and in Summer 2025, will tour across Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part of Play Festival, in the lead-up to COP30.
**Accessibility:** *Lungs of the Earth* is designed with d/Deaf, b/Blind, and neurodiverse audiences in mind, featuring haptic, visual, tactile, and auditory points of connection, including: ASL interpretation, audio description, tactile illustrations, a touch book, haptic belts, and large print English texts and transcripts.
**Creative Team:**
Creative direction by **Alyssa Martens**
Field recordings by **Felix Blume**
Sound design and spatial mix by **Bernardo Alvarado Rojas**
Sound mixing by **Thomas Quirion** and **Hanqing Eyden Zhao**
Water (poem), written and performed by **Patrizia Longhitano**
Fire (poem), written and performed by **Virna Teixeira**
Air (poem), written and performed by **Alyssa Martens**
Earth (poem), written and performed by **Monika Radojevic**
Poetry recordings by **Ieva Vaiti**
Tactile illustrations and exhibition design by **Kay Slater**
Creation of this artwork was made possible with a Research and Creation award from Canada Council for the Arts; the installation premiere was supported by Learning Design and Digital Innovation (LDDI) and the Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre; touring of *Lungs of the Earth* to Brazil is made possible with a Circulation and Touring award from Canada Council for the Arts.

***A Blue Moment*** is a forthcoming multimedia installation exploring Arctic 'blue moments'—the brief spells in between hours of Polar Night darkness, when the sun lifts just below the horizon to envelop the land in deep blue hues.

Through film, poetry, immersive sound, and dance, "A Blue Moment" will shed light on the resilience and erasure of colours, sounds, and textures that are dissolving in the face of Arctic loss and damage.
**Creative Team:**
Creative direction by **Alyssa Martens**
Written by **Alyssa Martens**
Art direction by **Damian Siqueiros**
Sound design and spatial mix by **Bernardo Alvarado Rojas**
Full creative team is yet to be commissioned, including dancers, voice-over actors, costume designer, technicians, and more.
**Consultants:**
**Jenni Laiti** (Sámi Artist & Activist), **Gregory Hare** (Glacial Archeologist, Yukon University), **Kim Holmén** (Arctic Climatologist, University of Svalbard), **Chris Burns** (Arctic Geographer, Carleton University), **Kay Slater** (Creative Access Consultant)
Creation of this installation is made possible with a Concept to Realization award from the Canada Council for the Arts.

***Terra Poetica*** is a playful and highly interactive installation that explores speculative ecological futures through emergent poetry, spatialised sound, audience movement, and computational networks.
This artwork takes inspiration from the theory of quantum entanglement, which acknowledges the Earth’s innate interconnectedness. Within *Terra Poetica*, audiences uncover electrons, and through play, discover the impact of their presence as they move into the ‘landscape’ and become entangled with other particles.
A prototype of ***Terra Poetica*** premiered at Hypha Studios Paddington (London, UK) as part of the *Topology* exhibition running from November-December 2024. Our team is now developing this installation further in partnership with Imperial College London’s Department of Physics.
**Creative Team:**
Written by **Alyssa Martens**
Art production by **Alyssa Martens**
Sound design by **Ieva Vaiti**
Computation design by **Ieva Vaiti**
**Consultants:**
**Rupert Oulton** (Physicist - Nanophotonics, Imperial College London), **Steve Kolthammer** (Quantum Physicist, Imperial College London), **Clelia Altomonte** (Theoretical Physicist, King’s College London)

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