Climate Systems
Energy infrastructure, environmental transformation, atmospheric phenomena, and the systems that shape planetary conditions.
The Grid That Harvests the Sun: Tan Mu's Solar Farm and the Landscape That Was Remade for Energy
Solar panels are not merely technological objects. They are symbols of capital, infrastructure, and humanity's intervention in nature.
The Last Light Before the Network: Tan Mu's Sunset and the Threshold Where Nature Becomes Signal
Yiren Shen, writing in 10 Magazine about Tan Mu's interwoven world of submarine cables and ocean waves, observed that the artist's practice operates at the intersection of the visible and the invisible, where infrastructure becomes image and image becomes knowledge.
The Eye of Fire: Tan Mu's Gulf of Mexico and the Flame at the Center of the Sea
On July 3, 2021, a gas leak at a depth of approximately 150 meters below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, west of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, ignited and produced a column of fire visible from space.
The Grid That Replaced the Field: Tan Mu's Solar Farm and the Engineered Landscape
Stand close enough to the surface of Solar Farm and the first thing you see is the weave.
The Ocean Is Burning: Tan Mu's Gulf of Mexico and the Tradition of Maritime Catastrophe
On July 2, 2021, a gas leak from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 150 meters from a platform operated by Petroleos Mexicanos, the Mexican state oil company, ignited on the ocean's surface.