Re-Move is a large-scale audio-visual installation created by Urban Projections and composer CJ Mirra, in collaboration with Inspire Youth Arts and young people from Nottinghamshire. Premiering at Nottingham Light Night 2023, the work transforms historic architecture into an immersive space for reflection on climate change and displacement.

The installation explores the human cost of environmental crisis. As rising sea levels, drought, wildfires, and other climate-related disasters force people from their homes, Re-Move focuses on the emotional and social impact of being uprooted. Through light, sound, and spoken word, the piece invites audiences into an abstract yet deeply resonant journey through loss, resilience, and survival.

Building on themes explored in States of Matter (2022), which examined climate change through the lens of water cycles, Re-Move shifts the focus to people and lived experience. The work was developed in collaboration with Dr. Tom Vickers, Associate Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University, whose research into migration, borders, and social justice informed the installation. Audio clips from Dr. Vickers’s interviews with UK-based climate refugees are woven into the soundscape, grounding the piece in real stories and lived truths.

The result is a layered environment of atmospheric sound and responsive light, designed to move and surround the audience. Re-Move doesn’t offer easy answers - it opens space for conversation, empathy, and awareness of a crisis that continues to unfold across the globe.

By blending art, research, and youth collaboration, Re-Move offers a powerful moment of pause. It is both a tribute to the resilience of those affected by displacement and a call to reflect on our shared responsibility in the face of climate injustice.