Volcano
2020
Caves have enabled humans to explore the interior of the Earth. For tens of thousands of years, they have been marked with images. The volcano here represents not only how we perceive the interior of the Earth, but also how it has changed the surface of our planet and the environment over time. Caves and volcanoes can thus be seen as double-sided mirrors for our perception of the exterior and interior of the Earth.
Production of the immersive work Topography-Time-Volcano (online version) and Double Sided Immersion (physical version) by Andrés Burbano and Karen Holmberg for the 2020 exhibition 'Critical Zones' at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. The project is one of the results of the research carried out by Andrés and Karen together with other researchers in Chaitén (Chile) thanks to the National Geographic grant (NGS-185C-18) ‘Creating Earth Futures’ Geohumanities Commission, Center Royal Holloway.
Principal researcher and Voice-over: Karen Holmberg
Field and laboratory team: Andrés Burbano, Brent Alloway, Caitlin Berrigan, Karin Bloch, Elisa Calas, Thierry Dupradou, Rafael Labarca, Javiera Letelier, and Francisco Mena.
Fundacion ProCultura: Constanza Gomez
SERNAGEOMIN: Alvaro Amigo
Made with Blender, Pix4D and Adobe After Effects.
Sound: Jack Helfrich
Color correction: Daniel Shambo
Topography-Time-Volcano (360° video online version available in YouTube)
Double Sided Immersion (physical version at ZKM)
Critical Zones. Observatories for Earthly Politics", © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, fotos: Tobias Wootton.
