Exceeding 2 degrees. - 2007 thermo hydrograph (meteorological instrument), coffee table, Malaysian Rubber Wood, glass, human hair, plastic membrane, photography, climate diagram, certificate, map Format variable Exhibition view: Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of change, Sharjah Biennial 8, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007. The climate inside the Sharjah Art Museum is controlled by an air-conditioning system. By raising the temperature by 2°C in the entire museum for the duration of the Biennial "Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change", less energy will be consumed. Using an approximation of the amount of money thereby saved on electricity, a rainforest area in Ecuador has been purchased through the environmental organisation Nepenthes. The installation consists of a thermo hygrograph sitting on a wooden table. The thermo hygrograph is a combined recording and measuring instrument of the relative temperature and humidity of the space. It runs on natural hair, bimetal and mechanical or electronic clockwork. The wood of the table came from Malaysia, was made in Japan, and was sold in Dubai. It is really easy to install and cheap, almost like a Asian version of IKEA. In order to separate the general museum's air from Greenfort’s space, a thin transparent plastic foil covers certain passages. The foils are right next to the air conditioning and expand whenever its activity rises.