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 new 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*** is part of MONOM’s Nature Archive in Berlin. It premiered at Lobe Spatial Sound Studio in Vancouver, has featured at Hypha Studios and Hundred Years Gallery in London, and will tour across Brazil in Spring 2026.
**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.
**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.

***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**
Direction and script by **Alyssa Martens**
Art and movement direction by **Damian Siqueiros**
Sound design by **Bernardo Alvarado Rojas** Cinematography by **Max Machado** Film editing by **Ashley Gilmour** Direction and script by **Alyssa Martens**
Dancing by **Íris Ásmundar, Alejandro Bencomo** and **Sally Cowdin**
Voice-overs by **Rachel August, Alyssa Martens** and **Liv Elísabet** Location Scouting and Camera Assistance by **Phil Garcia**
**Research Consultants**
**Jenni Laiti** (Sámi Artivist & Duojár), **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.

Inspired by the theory of quantum entanglement, ***Terra Poetica*** is a living laboratory exploring how ecosystems connect, transform, and evolve through interactions between humans and the more-than-human world. As audiences move across its many landscapes, an unfolding narrative emerges through a web of immersive sound and poetry.
Within ***Terra Poetica***, human movement can cause elements of the environment to entangle, revealing hidden ecosystems and their distinctive flora and fauna. Because each ecosystem’s wellbeing is interconnected, actions in one place generate ripple effects in another. A single gesture may nurture life or quietly unsettle it – sometimes in subtle, mysterious ways, and at other times with immediate and irreversible force. Like our quantum planet, *Terra Poetica* reminds us that all living things are deeply interconnected, and nothing exists in isolation.
***Terra Poetica*** will premiere as a pop-up installation as part of Science Gallery London’s *Quantum Untangled* season in January 2026. An early prototype of this work premiered at Hypha Studios Paddington in Dec 2024.
**Creative Team**
Creative direction & script by **Alyssa Martens**
Sound & computation design by **Ieva Vaiti**
Creation of Terra Poetica was made possible with support from Science Gallery London, Imperial College London, Hypha Studios, and Brain Audio. The concept for the work was developed following a period of arts-based research alongside leading quantum physicists, with special thanks to:
**Dr. Rupert Oulton**, Imperial College London
**Dr. Steve Kolthammer**, Imperial College London
**Clelia Altomonte (PhD Candidate)**, King’s College London

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