“Sunburst Finish” is the artist’s vision of how global warming could play out. Beachgoers are having so much fun they are seemingly oblivious to the danger before them, which they, in part, indirectly created. This is the automated version of this work the interactive version is dependent upon on the viewer's position to the screen, which moves the position of the sun.

Christian Michaels

“Sunburst Finish” (2019)

1080p video, 2:59 seconds