Terra Firma Series: East Coast (2009)
Description
Reclaimed land is not terrain but land, in the sense that it is perfectly verifiable real estate with clear land demarcation. An area completely dominated by speculators, the owners. It belongs to the urban landscape and is systematically defined, first created as a mental concept, then as engineering concept and takes only later shape. The future is already known: a safe discovery, hence highly lucrative.
This project represents a snapshot of the new land and explains the unbridled enthusiasm and usage of the new turf by the new pioneer. He is not bound by the restrictions imposed by natural land demarcation.
It is this hyper-realistic approach of land that creates a space, which is more realistic than reality itself. Hence, a surrealistic representation is created, going from a 3D computer simulation to housing, offices and fields.
That is what fascinates me and drives me to explore further.
Medium
Negative 5×7 photograph, dye print, mounted on Dibond
Dimensions
160 x 224 cm