Antarctika

Antarctika, started 2021

Misunderstood, often misspelled, and completely misrepresented, Antarctica is typically missing or, at best, distorted on most world maps. It has no permanent inhabitants to tell its own story and few aside from (some) wind-based sailors and scientists ever care to listen to its uniquely wild, ancient, and living wisdom. Humans landed on the moon before they finished mapping Antarctica and the world’s entire fleet of satellites, to this day, is barely able (nor willing) to properly document this part of the planet. Yet Antarctica is, in its own way, one of the planet’s most vital and quietly vocal voices today, since the 5.4 million square mile continent has such a primordial role in the Earth’s ecological equilibrium. Using one of NASA’s most detailed compiled images of the continent, the Antarctika series translates pixels to embroidery stitches, compensating for its lack of representation with time and meticulous attention. With canvases proportionally growing in size as the image’s resolution increases, the series also questions the power battles behind maps, technology, media, and images that decide what on our planet is worthy of representation.