In September 2024, Storm Boris formed over the Mediterranean and moved slowly north across Central and Eastern Europe, bringing days of rain, leading to ‘once-in-a-century floods’. A significant portion of the storm’s moisture was drawn from an unusually warm Mediterranean Sea, briefly turning the sky into the sea – a literal image of a world turned upside down

During an open-weather workshop in Leipzig, participants inadvertently captured images of Storm Boris. Here, their images are combined and reproduced as salt prints.

CREDITS

Satellite imagery received on 14 September 2024 by Florian Bernhard, Aniella Sophie Goldinger, Hanna Haf, Sophie Hundbiss, Lotti Jones, Constanze Müller, Sybille Neumeyer, and Heide Nord during an open-weather workshop comissioned by Sybille Neumeyer on the occasion of Teleconnections at Kunstraum D21.

Alternative printing processes with Giulio Paolini at Die Druckstube, Vienna.

Scientific chart based on ‘Sea Surface Temperature is Important for Moisture Supply’ by Marina Dütsch, University of Vienna, publication forthcoming. Cooperation facilitated by Vinita Deshmukh, University of Vienna.