Realizing that the human impact story was only a part of how we got to this crisis point, Wolfe created ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ to illuminate the truth that has been purposefully obscured from view. Starting from 1970 until present day, this visceralization presents rising methane levels set alongside the advertising slogans deployed by the Big Oil industry to deny, doubt, and delay the growing climate awareness through the decades.

This evocative visual, based on NASA’s Blue Marble photograph, is set to “Oh My Heart”, which was released as the world’s first bioplastic record by Beatie Wolfe and REM's Michael Stipe. This project won Prix Ars Electronica’s Golden Nica.