Pollution Pods

Michael Pinsky is a British artist whose international projects challenge the status quo on climate change, urban design and societal wellbeing. He explores issues which shape and influence the use of our public realm to create ambitious and provocative installations in galleries and public spaces.

Pollution Pods is an installation work consisting of five interconnected geodesic domes. They each contain carefully mixed recipes emulating the relative presence of ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide which pollute London, New Delhi, San Paolo and Beijing. Starting from a coastal location in Norway, the visitor passes through increasingly polluted cells, from dry and cold locations to hot and humid.

This short time-lapse shows a trial construction of the domes, which were exhibited in Somerset House in 2018. Members of the building team pass through each of the environments.