Izabela Pluta
Oceanic Atlas (vanishing), 2020
pigment print on Eco Solvent Cotton Rag Paper
200 x 114 cm (aluminium shadow frame, unglazed)
3 variations
3 variations
Oceanic Atlas (vanishing) further complicates the maps of the Atlas Okeanov with coastlines slipping in and out of one another, in some parts utterly erased, or invented—a premonition perhaps of...
Oceanic Atlas (vanishing) further complicates the maps of the Atlas Okeanov with coastlines slipping in and out of one another, in some parts utterly erased, or invented—a premonition perhaps of our submerged future. What Pluta draws into sharp relief in these works is the subjectivity of mapping—what is emphasised or omitted—and how this practice forms and alters our thinking about nationhood, and the way power structures transverse invisible borders. It further emphasises the militarisation and industrialisation of our ocean spaces. Research initiatives, such as Seabed 2030—which in 2021 was one-fifth of its way into its lofty goal of mapping the world’s seafloor by 2030—leave unanswered questions about how, and by whom, this data might be harnessed, or extracted, and to what end.
Exhibitions
Izabela Pluta, Measures of Refraction (Solo Exhibition). Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney. 3 September, 2020 - 27 September, 2020
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