OZONE | PROJECT FIFTY

This project explored how invisible systems shape planetary and human futures, translating scientific innovation into a tactile, perceptual form. Rather than illustrating technology directly, the work sought to evoke a sense of scale, fragility, and responsibility through material metaphor.

Conceived as a visual artwork within a wider photographic series, the piece centred on sculptural form and in camera image making. Winter created a hand painted spherical sculpture as an abstracted view of Earth from above, paired with a larger sphere formed from ice wax to symbolise transformation, impermanence, and environmental impact. The final imagery emerged through a close, intuitive collaboration on set, where light, surface, and material behaviour were allowed to guide the composition in real time.

Developed in collaboration with photographer Ted Humble Smith as part of Project Fifty, the work reimagined the innovation behind the 1993 MacRobert Award recipient ICI KLEA, marking the development of the ozone friendly refrigerant KLEA 134. The series was exhibited at the National Science and Media Museum, positioning scientific achievement within a poetic, human centred visual language.