David Andrés Vega Monsalve, from Bogotá, Colombia, has created an immersive digital environment that allows users to experience the potential devastation of climate change first-hand. Through a headset, participants are placed in present-day locations across Pakistan, then confronted with haunting imagery of how these same places might look in the future after being ravaged by catastrophic weather events. The work transforms abstract climate data into visceral experience, making visible the human and ecological stakes of inaction.

As one of the Young Climate Prize Cycle 01 25 under 25 honorees, David was mentored by Camila Marambio, a Chilean curator, private investigator, permaculture enthusiast, amateur dancer, and collaborative writer. In 2010, Marambio founded Ensayos, a transdisciplinary research program based in the archipelago of Karokynka/Tierra del Fuego, which brings together artists, scientists, activists, and local communities to address pressing ecological concerns. Under her mentorship, David deepened his approach to art and research, developing his immersive project as both a powerful technological experiment and a poetic act of ecological storytelling.