Most of our damage to the environment is through carbon fuels, our consciousness with regards to tangible products has increased, yet when it comes to burning fossil fuels, we are still unable to curtail or control our human behaviour.

Residue – how do we create an emotionality of residue?

The platform or stage holds an installation of waste products, the materials are all painted in the same colour – the colour of residue.

Traces of life. Residue can also be a memory – As we transition into a new era, a new epoch, there are some elements that we take with us, and there are some elements that we leave behind.

It was a Sunday

The month was July

The date was the 16th

The year was 1945

The place was Alamogordo, New Mexico

All our current actions lead to our uncertain future. Mother nature is angry, she cares not where to strike, from the forests of Attica to the waters of Kerala, anywhere and everywhere is the centre. We are already in the ruins.

Cruel in the moment but the transformation is unstoppable, it must take its course. We simply do not realise how close to the edge we really are. What will our ghosts look like in a world which we have ruined by our collective belief in grandiose permanence…

We have created our own fate, congratulations us, we are now the dominant force in the changing form of the earth’s surface, we win, or maybe we have lost so hard.

When we talk about the future we wish to create, and we build our portraits of our existence on earth, we should also consider what is left behind. Does our performance trace the context of our actions? When we look at ourselves, and self-reflect as a species, or look forward into the future, we are constantly seeker bigger and better places, for example – we are now considering life on Mars rather than thinking about what is left behind here on earth in our environment. Thank you for your hospitality, we are headed for Mars.

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