Ever wonder what London might look like should ocean levels rise due to global warming? Production company Squint/Opera envisioned just this scenario for the 2008 London Festival of Architecture. Taking their cue from Victorian Landscape painters, Squint/Opera used a mix of photography, digital manipulation and architectural renderings to create stunning, if not idealistic scenes that beg the question, “Would it really be so bad after all?”
“Flooded London is a series of images that will present Squint Opera’s long-term view of London and how the population has adapted to raised sea levels. The general scenario is set 80 or so years into the future, long after the sea levels have risen. The catastrophe side of the sea coming in has long since past and the five images are snapshots of people going about their lives, long since having adapted to the worlds new circumstance. The five scenes shown through light boxes present London as a tranquil utopia with the architecture of the distant rat race suspended below the water.”
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