When Pixels Wash Ashore

The video installation When Pixels Wash Ashore explores the plight of Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation facing submersion due to global warming and rising sea levels. In response, Tuvalu's government has announced plans to transition the nation into a fully digital entity, raising urgent questions about environmental fragility, digital preservation, and the ethics of virtual nationhood [1]. The project examines the tension between digital custodianship and the unsustainable practices of the tech industry, asking how we can care for and mourn disappearing landscapes. Navigating the intersection of digitization and statecraft, the installation critiques the methods used to map climate change's impact, exposing the vulnerability of territorial frameworks. It questions the reliability of remotely sensed data in defining statehood and proposes alternative ways to conceptualize resilience. How many centimeters of water would erase Tuvalu? How many grains of sand would let it endure?