Phil America & Tre Borden
On Fire
2020
Oakdale, MN / Minneapolis, MN
‘On Fire, 2020’ is a digital artwork by artist Phil America and arts producer Tre Borden commissioned by For Freedoms. The billboard overlays two images to create an anaglyph allowing for dual perspectives. The images, one of protesters for racial justice in 2020 and the other of wildfires in California, show a country metaphorically and literally aflame. The text banner demands we pay attention to an America besieged by the long denied realities of climate change and racism and serves as an urgent call to action.
