I just inhaled 2.4bn year old oxygen in Tasmania. Now I’m part of an exhibition until I die (original) (raw)

More than 2bn years ago, during the Paleoproterozoic era, the Earth’s atmosphere began to fill with free oxygen, enabling the rise of aerobic life and, ultimately, humans. It’s known as the Great Oxidation Event, and deep in the subterranean belly of the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, a new artwork offers visitors...read full story

"I want people to get all the way back to the beginning of the earth,"