Sophy Tuttle, American
Rising Tides, 2020
Tuttle’s mural Rising Tides demonstrates an example of data visualization, using the lines to showcase the level of sea level rise at the corresponding degrees of global temperature increase. The bird pictured, the Salt Marsh Sparrow, nests near the mural’s location in Boston and all seven of their nests were destroyed by an unusually high tide in 2020. The Salt Marsh sparrow is suspected to go extinct within the next 50 years. Tuttle is able to combine two pressing and local environmental issues with her mural, bringing attention to these problems, starting community conversations, and brightening the Sumner Street Bridge underpass. Label by Jordan Hadlock
This is a mural located under the Sumner Street Bridge underpass along the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway in Boston, MA, USA. It shows the Saltmarsh sparrow's life in the face of varying degrees of global temperature rise. The artist reminds the public of the potentially negative consequences of the effects of climate change and the importance of studying climate change by transforming abstract climate data into visual images. "The Saltmarsh Sparrow is expected to go extinct in the next 50 years.” said by Sophy Tuttle. Choosing The Saltmarsh Sparrow as the subject of the painting makes one reflect on the impact of environmental challenges on our surrounding environment and animals, which will be a serious damage to the ecological environment. Label by Yijing Li