New Media Class Journal

[Yet to be defined cartographies through sedimentation of New Age dust]

“The artist has eliminated geopolitical divisions between countries, continents and people by sanding the surface of each globe and allowing their dust to intermingle on the table top. He uses an ‘international sandpaper’ he produced from mineral samples gathered from all countries recognised by the United Nations.”

“The dots in the above animation represent actual cataloged objects (payloads and debris) in orbit around Earth. The cataloged objects are generally 4 inches (10 cm) or larger, but there are many more debris objects too small to be tracked which pose a threat to operational spacecraft.“

[The layers of sediment in the Antrhopocene have exceeded the Earth’s crust]

Terraforming

“The machine draws a map and generates a satellite image out of it, which creates a new map and by that a new satellite image in an endless loop.“

“The two works track and follow the two Voyagers in relation to their current location on earth and in space.”

“The 50 twigs in this installation point in unison in the direction of the oldest piece of spacejunk currently above the horizon in their location.”

“[...] rock that is made, modified and moved by humans. The new category has been proposed to recognise that man-made rocks are likely to last for long periods of Earth's future geological time, and will be important in humanity's long-term future.”

“Indeed, concrete, not unlike milk and electricity, is a daily interface that thrives on anonymity and detachment from its source, giving us the sense that the smooth pour can be made endless.“

“Produced on Earth with the identical chemical composition as those found on the Moon, she questions when fiction becomes reality.”

“Collecting, inventorying, and analysing samples of various substances sourced in the city, we begin to unearth the cumulative production of waste information and materials.“

“[...] humans begin moving more sediment than traditional geomorphic processes (erosion, glaciation, etc. . .).
In the Anthropocene, things like real-estate markets become geomorphic agents, because fluctuations in housing prices, for example, determine how huge amounts of sediment gets moved across the planet.“

“[...] our intention of the Vage Space is an encouragement to stay consciously and maybe slightly longer inside the vague, to extend our space of possibilities and to add these possibilities to our current reality.[...] it is possible to become familiar with the unknown, train one’s intuition and to accept uncertainty, in order to face vagueness with curiosity and to enjoy its exploration.“

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footprint:

satelite:

What does it mean to be? 

Where can I be and

where am I?

...other than the ‘Vague Space’?

“[...] our intention of the Vage Space is an encouragement to stay consciously and maybe slightly longer inside the vague, to extend our space of possibilities and to add these possibilities to our current reality.[...] it is possible to become familiar with the unknown, train one’s intuition and to accept uncertainty, in order to face vagueness with curiosity and to enjoy its exploration.“

The Vague Space,
Stefan Schwabe & Jannis Hülsen

Traces of our presence are imprinted everywhere. We have become the main participants in change of the environment of the Planet. Detectable but untraceable remain the debris and particles we personally carry along with ourselves everyday. With no destination other than the path we provide.

“In the Anthropocene, things like real-estate markets become geomorphic agents, because fluctuations in housing prices, for example, determine how huge amounts of sediment gets moved across the planet.“