To See Like You
UV flashlight, IR camera, wood, cord
ongoing

To See Like You imagines the world invisible to humans through ultraviolet and infrared light.

This documentation is from Alderworks Residency in Dyea, Alaska. Tree lungwort is a lichen - algae living within the lichen absorb UV light, and emit excess energy from it as red wavelengths which we can see. Many animals who can see in the UV spectrum like mountain goats, who eat a variety of lichens, see it with more contrast in the snow. Tree Lungwort is sensitive to air pollutants. It often takes 25 years to reproduce. Unhealthy lichen does not flouresce as strongly. Humans will most likely never know what the visual world looks like to those who can see outside of our visual spectrum.