Earth Conflict Atlas
2026 · Karl V.
The Earth is modelled as a tissue of 200,000 particles. Where armed conflict, violence against civilians and remote strikes are recorded, the tissue degrades.
How this piece was made
Documented
Event data from ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data), as of 28 February 2026.
A Python script aggregates event density and the number of reported fatalities into a degeneration index for each area of the globe.
Artistic choices
The colours, the pulsing and the way the particles mutate are artistic choices. The piece is a macroscopic interpretation of the record, not a real-time intelligence tool.