A Cartography of Fantasia (2015)
2-channel , 15 min video.
A Cartography of Fantasia is a 2-channel video installation that examines relationships between imagination, financial speculation, and the technologies our human species use to transform the ecology of this planet. By combining documentary ways of filming with digital animations and Google satellite recordings, the work explores how technology has influenced how we perceive nature. The work contrasts what humans imagined creating in a desert, with the unexpected landscape that has evolved from the abandoned sites created through financial speculation.
A Cartography of Fantasia was filmed during a two-month residency at the art center AADK [Arkitektur der Aktuelle Kultur] in Murcia, Spain. The development of work was supported by the Danish Arts Council. Text by Elana Azzedin, residency curator at AADK, Centra Negra, Spain.