BEYOND THE TRAIL

Where Roots Tangle and Stories Intertwine

We believe great ideas are cultivated in community. Atomsphere brings an outdoor recreation and environmental lens to connect people and ideas in new ways. 

First aerial photograph of Los Alamos, N.M.

  • An article I wrote for Arms Control Today about the filming locations for the movie Oppenheimer. The locations chosen for the Manhattan Project played a pivotal role in the story of the atomic bomb. Not casting the landscape accurately erases an important detail from the film’s portrayal of the development of the world’s most lethal weapon.

person standing on car adjusting camera on tripod

  • Over the eight-month Creative Capsule Residency, a personal quandary about the links between the rock climbing community and nuclear weapons evolved into a documentary film project.

  • During Cohort 3 of the N Square Innovation Fellowship, Atomsphere was created to find new ways to engage the outdoor recreation community with nuclear risk reduction issues by highlighting the threat nuclear weapons pose to the environment and their way of life. Click the image to see our video!

graphic of woman with climbing gear and nature elements

  • Traversing Risk addresses the irony of not always feeling secure while working in the national security field. The essay is a part of Lifelines, a Bombshelltoe Policy x Arts Collective project, which is a collection of personal reflections from women in nuclear policy during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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