Focusing on peatlands of Finland, Norway and Canada and their interpretation through various recording and 3D computing technologies Land Bodies, Decomposing Mass is an audiovisual collaboration between Ingrid Bjørnaali, Maria Simmons and Fabian Lanzmaier.
Through the use of photogrammetry - a technology that relates to satellite mapping and archiving of anthropocentric spaces and monuments - the landscapes are interpreted bit by bit in an intimate, close-up interaction.
Awareness of the urgency of human solidarity with peatlands for the future of our planet is spreading. In the film, the bog is referred to as a ‘mire’, echoing its Norwegian name ‘myr’ and explores these specific peatlands from various perspectives. In removing the human experience, the film focuses on the idea of natural landscapes as sources as opposed to resources.
Tromsø Kunstforening have shown 'Land Bodies, Decomposing Mass' as part of Down in the Bog - Thinking with Peatlands, a series of exhibitions and events in solidarity with the important ecosystems of Peatlands, curatorially composed by Karolin Tampere. Down in the Bog - Thinking with Peatlands is led by an ambition to create cross-pollinating meeting grounds for art, environmental issues and the public. The project emphasizes the sharing and embodying of knowledge and awareness to create attention towards the need for increased care of peatland areas, locally, nationally and internationally.
Ingrid Bjørnaali is a multidisciplinary artist who records specific biotopes in various states of their ongoing world-building processes. With an aim to learn from our surrounding nature and co-existing species, she makes intimate close-up readings through e.g. photogrammetry that relates to satellite mapping and mediation of anthropocentric spaces and monuments. Her works explore the omnipresence of the digital in our experience of the world as well as the inability of technology to articulate matter’s complexity.
Fabian Lanzmaier is a musician and sound artist living in Vienna. In his often collaborative works, he mixes sound and other media such as performance, sculptural elements, light, and video. In his live performances and compositions he uses audio synthesis to explore aspects of texture and structure of sound as well as its presence within space. In his recent work he is experimenting with perception and ideas of natural / artificial sounds, fluid and ambiguous environments.
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