These postcards, seemingly dark and opaque, conceal an even bleaker reality: the rising sea levels caused by climate change. When exposed to a heat source or simply touched, these cards reveal satellite imagery of islands destined to disappear beneath the waves over the coming centuries, according to scientific projections. This work thus offers a poignant and tangible vision of a future threatened by the devastating consequences of climate change.
Stéphanie Roland is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Brussels. Bridging documentary and fiction, her films and installations explore the invisible structures of the Western world, deep time, and hyperobjects. She draws inspiration from a wide range of subjects, from environmentalism and politics to geology and the cosmos.