EARTH EXTREMES
Earth's extreme points re-defined, as if seen from beyond. Travels are
undertaken to reach these points. Some of the hypotesis' are proven,
while others remain documented, open for verification.
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GLOBUS CASSUS
A thought experiment: Earth's antipode built using the whole Earth.
Humanity would live on the inside of this gigantic structure. No heavens for the gods, and maybe paradise
for man.
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SEVEN YEARS FROM HERE
Based on the accidental release of thosands of raw images from a NASA/ESA
space probe, the first panoramic picture of the surface of Titan, one
of Saturn’s moons, was produced by an artist.
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SPACE FROM SPACE
An astronaut assisted in the depiction of the stars as seen from space, delivering
a linguistic as well as a graphical aide to calibrating sky photographs. His
individual perception is interpreted and implemented.
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A PIECE OF EARTH MOVED TO THE SKY
A libray suspended in the sky, in balance with the Earth and its rotation. Books are translated
into genetic code and are being retrieved from the plants in the library's gardens.
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GALILEO'S MISSING ARGUMENT
A reflection on the Earth as seen from the Moon. Had Galileo been in posession of the
here presented work, he would not have been condemned by the inquisition.
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GLOBAL SCALPEL
An asteroid is modeled as a tool for designing nature on Earth. Special attention
was paid to the manufacturing process of the model, which featured a scaled-down and abstract
imitation of the forming process of an asteroid.
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NORTH OF EVEREST
On a KLM flight from Hong Kong to Amsterdam, I wanted to photograph Mount Everest
when we were passing exactly north of it. When I needed to know the GPS coordinates,
the pilots radioed to their home base in order to obtain that information.
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