Land Bodies, Decomposing Mass

Currently on tour in 2024 as part of Artists Film International

Made in collaboration with Ingrid K. Bjørnaali and Fabian Lanzmaier. Co-produced with UKAI Projects and funded by the Canada Council for the Arts with additional support from the Fond for Lyd og Bilde.

Land Bodies, Decomposing Mass is an interactive, new media installation that explores the ritual significance of bogs within the contemporary Capitalocene. 

Bogs have been culturally and ecologically important places throughout history. They have acted as sacred offering sites, burial grounds, and clandestine storage of valuable goods. When visiting a bog, the experience is one of mystery, ambiguity, beauty, and timelessness.  They challenge simple classificatory concepts of land and water and are places where culture and ecology, past and present are entangled. 

This work has been showcased at the Crawford Art Gallery (Ireland), Tromsø Centre for Contemporary Art (Norway), the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (Estonia), Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts (Norway), The Barracks (Romania), NITJA Art Centre (Norway), and Charles Street Video (Canada).