Gabriel Kuri presents Risk Assessing Risk Assessment, a site-specific artwork for The Climate Clock, a public art series and major permanent art trail in Oulu, Finland.
Kuri’s Risk Assessing Risk Assessment will stretch across both sides of the main road from Oulu city to the airport, transforming a familiar thoroughfare into a terrain of climate risk. Following consultation with climate scientist Professor Kevin Anderson about how we navigate the enormous uncertainties of climate change, the work sees lampposts, benches and rocks painted in the exact green, orange and red hues of a risk assessment chart, calibrated to their elevation within the landscape. Together, the colours form a dynamic gradient that immerses passers-by and commuters in a tangible experience that reflects the prevalence of climate uncertainty in everyday life.
A cautionary work by Gabriel Kuri will transform public spaces within the suburban area of Oulunsalo. Working with UK-based climate scientist Kevin Anderson (Professor, University of Manchester & Uppsala University), Kuri’s work incorporates the visual language of risk assessment charts to warn of the dangers of climate change.
The Climate Clock public art series will launch on 13 June 2026.
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