Metaphorical Antipodes, 2017 - 2023
Metaphorical Antipodes explores opposites and extremes in location, age, attitude and knowledge. Most simply, it shows how “here” effects “there” and “there” impacts everywhere. This concept is represented through photographing fabricated landscapes in the studio and documenting their exact locations on earth. The first chapter, The Arctic Circle and Antarctica, focuses on climate change and the impacts of global warming as seen in Greenland, Iceland and the Antarctic Peninsula. The second chapter, The Border Wall, reflects on the physical divide between the US and Mexico, commenting on our country’s current relationship and ideological differences with this boundary line. The Library of Ancient Ice continues longstanding investigations of ice, its relationship to human-accelerated climate change, its impermanence and fragility, and its natural and artificial presentation. In Svalbard: 80ºN, the attention shifts to permafrost, how its premature loss modifies geography and impacts cultural heritage.