SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED, 2009, is a video of a site-specific installation (titled FIRST ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND BREATHING SPACE, 2006) where the viewer witnesses an anonymous business man mechanically inserting an air vent into a fertile landscape. While observing the collision between corporate and natural environments, one begins to question the purpose of this action, which appears endless and without resolve. In the distance, a soundtrack interacts with each brutal blow of the axe and the landscape becomes scarred with more air vents. While I explore the notion of ‘cause and effect’, I also examine the physical and emotional mechanisms involved in the endless manufacturing and consuming of household appliances. Metaphorically, the air vents represent the essential element of air which shapes our existence. The video fades to black and what remains is the irony of this exploitation; where air has been manipulated for the benefit of mankind and in turn has caused its demise by disturbing the environment through global warming. While contemplating this seemingly insignificant act of consuming the landscape, the viewer is left alone to calculate the cost for future generations.