Neon Warning
The project Neon Warning revolves around the phenomenon of neon coral bleaching, which occurs when environmental stressors such as rising water temperatures cause corals to expel their colorful algae. While some corals turn ghostly white when they bleach, others can instead turn a bright range of neon colors in a final effort to survive. The coral’s ‘sunscreen layer’ in the form of a colorful neon display seems to be their last scream for help. By researching the neon bleaching event in Okinawa, Japan, I try to show the limited elasticity of coral reefs in constant strain.
