This Artist Spent Five Years Chasing Wildfires Across California. See His Harrowing Footage Here [Video]

The incredible and destructive power of California’s periodic wildfires, which last year plagued the state with the most destructive wildfire season on record, are the subject of a striking new work of art by Jeff Frost, on view during Desert X, the Coachella Valley art biennial.

The short film, titled California on Fire, is part of a group of”parallel projects” timed to Desert X by 15 artists and nonprofits (Palm Springs Life has a comprehensive guide to the events).

After Frost heard that the biennial would have a strong focus on climate change, he wanted to add his voice to the conversation. “Climate change has a body count,” he tells artnet News. “We’re already in the crisis. It’s not in the future.” In 2018 alone, there were over 100 wildfire fatalities in California.

To make the film, Frost spent five years behind fire lines fearlessly documenting the deadly blazes and the unimaginable …