Feeling into California’s fiery future
Pyro Futures is a physical and online exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum that invites collective speculation on the transformative nature of fire. It explores the ways fire and fire stewardship can change California’s landscapes, with the hope of enabling participants to perceive and imagine what our shared future might be, and our potential roles in making that future.The exhibition runs until June 16th, 2024.
One certainty we have, is that fire-prone landscapes of California will be different from what they are today, and we don’t know exactly what they will become. But, by looking at a few horizons, we can imagine a multitude of others.
How have you been personally impacted by wildfires? What concerns you most about wildfires? Contribute your thoughts, feelings, and experiences so we can accumulate them over time.
Check out Pyro Futures in the Los Angeles Times, on CapRadio, on Here and Now, on North State Public Radio, and via the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis.
Pyro Futures receives support from the Manetti Shrem Museum, the Institute of the Environment, and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis.