As participants of the global capitalist system, we have rich and lifelong experiences of living with fossil fuels. However, these experiences are often implicit in our everyday lives, and rarely formulated explicitly. Coming off Fossil Fuels is a project that visualises and collects personal experiences of fossil fuel dependencies. Experiences can include memories, current attachments and future dreams connected to fossil fuels. This article is a methodological account of collecting fossil fuel experiences through two modes of visual recollection: (1) an autobiographical video piece visualising the author’s own dependencies on fossil fuels and (2) gallery visitors’ fossil fuel experiences. The article utilises a participatory arts-based approach in which gallery visitors were able to react to the video in recorded responses. The video was presented as part of the 2022 LOOK Climate Lab thinking space in Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, where video responses were collected. The article also discusses possibilities for developing a method of visual recollection by considering temporal and spatial dimensions of fossil fuel dependency.

作为全球资本主义体系的参与者，我们拥有丰富而终生的化石燃料生活经验。然而，这些经历往往隐含在我们的日常生活中，很少明确表述。摆脱化石燃料是一个可视化和收集化石燃料依赖的个人经验的项目。体验可以包括与化石燃料相关的记忆、当前的依恋和未来的梦想。本文是通过两种视觉回忆模式收集化石燃料经验的方法论说明：（1）自传视频片段，可视化作者自己对化石燃料的依赖；（2）画廊参观者的化石燃料经验。这篇文章采用了一种基于艺术的参与式方法，在这种方法中，画廊参观者能够在录制的响应中对视频做出反应。该视频是利物浦 Open Eye Gallery 的 2022 LOOK 气候实验室思考空间的一部分，该空间收集了视频响应。