Transforming Skies

Light & weather report

Writing with light the passage of time

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Costa da Morte & London Skies

Weather as intangible cultural heritage

Transforming Skies is a long‑term visual study of the sky as a living stage, where weather, light, and time continuously rewrite the same horizon. Through fixed‑vantage images and 24/7 timelapse films, the project follows London and the Costa da Morte, two coasts shaped by storms, sea routes, and changing city lights. It treats weather and climate as forms of intangible cultural heritage, carrying memories, legends, and daily routines that risk fading as our skies and coastlines change.

This page is the entry to the first issue, launched from Costa da Morte and London in March 2026.”

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Costa da Morte

Panoramic view of stormy stratocumulus and nimbostratus clouds over Carnota Bay on the Costa da Morte, seen above the rooftops of Sofán village with Monte Pindo, Caldebarcos and Cape Fisterra in the distance.

A powerful storm front with towering stratocumulus and nimbostratus clouds advances over Carnota Bay, with the red roofs of Sofán village, Monte Pindo, Caldebarcos and distant Cape Fisterra lining the Costa da Morte shoreline.

 

"Os nosos ceos"

Os nosos ceos extends this fixed‑horizon practice to Galicia’s Atlantic edge, recording 24/7 timelapse from December 2024 over Carnota beach, Monte Pindo and Cape Finisterre. In a coast marked by storms, shipwreck legends and the idea of land’s end, the camera keeps just a strip of village, sand and headland while the vast sky above carries passing fronts, sea fog, night clouds and rare events such as intense tempests or auroral light. The films and stills, interwoven with local soundscapes and elders’ memories, become a weather diary where the atmosphere itself tells the story of place and time.

View:  Wednesday 09 October 2024

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London (2003-04)

 

Sunset over the London skyline seen from Hackney, with a bright sunburst behind a single cumulus cloud and The Gherkin, Tower 42, and One Canada Square in dark silhouette, photographed in 2004 by Antonio Nodar.

2003-11-27. 14:29 .A dramatic cumulus cloud catches the last light of sunset above the London skyline, with The Gherkin, Tower 42, and One Canada Square silhouetted against the sky, photographed from Hackney Nov 2003.

 

"When the Curtain Falls"

When the Curtain Falls observes the City skyline from a single Hackney vantage point between 2003 and 2004, always holding the land to a narrow band and giving the sky the main role. Across this two‑year span, clouds, fog, low winter sun and sudden rays perform above cranes and new towers like 30 St Mary Axe, tracing how weather reshapes the city’s mood as much as its architecture. The sequence reads like a quiet score of light over an evolving financial landscape, where each frame is one bar in a longer climate and urban memory.

View Thursday 27 Nov. 2003

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Launch / About

 Launching 5 March 2026

The first full issue of Transforming Skies will bring together daily timelapses, weather reports, elders’ voices, and collaborations from Costa da Morte.
Learn more about the method and team on the About page.