Visions of a Sustainable Future

Visions of a Sustainable Future, presented by Modular Commons, is an open-air Augmented Reality exhibition that maps creative solutions for a just, regenerative tomorrow across the public spaces of COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil. Using a walkable AR map and a “living library” of projects - from artwork and architecture to community campaigns - the project brings imaginative, site-anchored interventions into dialogue with delegates and the wider public, inviting visitors to pause, explore practical ideas, and imagine how inner and collective shifts can shape a resilient future.

At the heart of the the opening speech by the president of Brazil at the Leaders’ Summit, was the Brazilian notion of Mutirāo, a spirit of collective effort and solidarity. This shared purpose, he said, can bridge divides, inspire cooperation and drive progress where it is most needed.

Transformation

My artwork Transformation will be shown at the exhibition. It is a contemplative artwork that invites a quiet inner shift as the seed of wider collective change. 

The piece shows two human figures in transition, partially dissolving into or emerging from a textured field. Their edges are porous and fluid, neither fully formed nor fully gone. The abstract lines and constellated markings across their bodies suggest energetic pathways, connections forming or reconfiguring and a shift in identity, perception, or state of being. 

The muted, earthy-grey background evokes liminality - a space between worlds, neither past nor future. Subtle hints of turquoise, red, and light infusions appear like life force or signals of awakening within the figures. The lack of sharp boundaries feels like the dissolving of an old self-pattern and the emergence of a new one.

At a moment when COP30 calls for implementation and systemic transitions, this work offers a gentle yet essential reminder: the futures we build externally are shaped by the consciousness we cultivate within.

The piece unfolds through Augmented Reality  as an intimate moment of activation, encouraging viewers to pause, listen inwardly, and sense an opening towards greater clarity and connection.

Transformation proposes that sustainable futures emerge when personal awareness evolves into collective resonance. As individuals shift towards empathy, presence, and a renewed relationship with the Earth, the ground for collaborative, regenerative systems can take root. Within the intensity of COP30, the work offers a reflective space where inner change and collective transformation meet - inviting both to unfold.

Through Augmented Reality, the viewer is gently drawn into this process, suggesting that personal awakening can inspire collective transformation and more sustainable ways of relating to each other and the Earth.

The exhibition runs from November 10 - 21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil. 

ARTIST TALK - WOMEN IN TECH 2024

Thank you very much for the opportunity to be part of this amazing event for the second year. 

My iPhone artworks are a combination of photography, painting and digital manipulation.  When photographing with my iPhone, I use a slow shutter technique, focussing on the energetic content that fills a space.  In other words, I intuitively focus not on material mass but rather on the energy emanating from my subjects.  Using apps, I paint on the photographs on my iPhone screen using my finger, and then use a variety of other apps to create further textures and blends. The figures in my artworks invite personal reflection.

A few words about my artwork “Transformation”

Many of us think we live in the Information age but we don’t.  In the Information age we moved from the telegraph to the radio to the television to the personal computer to the world wide web. For the first time in history, we became the first self aware species in the known universe, who is interconnected to every other member of its species on a single planetary biosphere. With this came a huge sense of overload, accompanied by so many crises. 

We have exited the Information Age, and in a time of massive chaos, have entered the Transformation age. We are seeing rapid technological advances and digital transformation. 

Transformation, my artwork exhibited in this showcase, and viewable on my avatar thanks to custom avatar creator @Lisbet_Spatial, is an invitation.  It is an invitation to live a transformational life. It is a call to value interactions with others with the same intensity that we seek to interact with the technological tools at our disposal. It is a call to go inward. It is a call to become discerning, mindful, sustainable and humble.  To move beyond fear for your own life, to move beyond fear of that which is different, to move from looking at the other as an object to looking as the other and relating to them empathetically. If we are to survive, we will need to transform and expand our capacity to love.