Echoes of Change is an interactive installation that fuses sound, projection, and digital experience to weave youth voices into a living soundscape of climate urgency. Centering perspectives from frontline, BIPOC, and underrepresented communities, the work transforms the act of listening into direct engagement with the climate crisis.
The experience begins the moment a visitor steps inside. Their presence triggers the voice of a young person speaking directly to them, while a marker illuminates on a projected world map to reveal where that voice calls home. With each new listener, fresh voices and markers emerge, gradually forming a constellation of urgency stretching across the globe.
At the height of the installation, visitors are invited to move from listening to speaking. In a recording booth, they can add their own climate demands, contributing to a growing archive of testimony.
Beyond the physical space, Echoes of Change continues as a web and mobile platform: an interactive map where audiences can travel the world through sound, encountering the voices of youth across continents. Over time, the project grows into both a living archive and a collective call to action.
Commissioned by the Human Impacts Institute
Created by Sandy Davis & Antoine Jaunard
Audio recordings collected by the Human Impacts Institute
Funding provided by the Ford Foundation and the UMI Project
With gratitude to all the youth whose voices and visions power this work.