{"uid":"qXZ21LdVSWXKshqA","type":"artist","tags":["video","videoinstallation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Antarctic Thought Experiment","summary":"Antarctic Thought Experiment, departs from initial dialogues with academics who have never visited their object of study \u2013 Antarctica. This includes academics from Ushuaia and Punta Arenas, and other Antarctic \"gateway\" cities. I interrogated these conversations through the lens of popular imaginaries of Antarctic \u2018culture\u2019: explorer journals, horror movies, nature documentaries and other human observations. \n\nThe resulting video depicts knitted props, costumes and sets that have an allegorical relationship to colonial fantasies, which obscure and entangle Antarctica. A white western explorer figure who appears at the outset of the video undergoes subsequent mutations in form and colour. Sticky white masking fluid and dirty grey wool contrast with livid red ocean and ice. They switch places repeatedly, so that eventually it is unclear which aspect is describing Antarctica and which is obscuring it.\n\nThis work has yet to be exhibited, and I would like to present it in the form of a video installation, whereby the video is projected into a semi-transparent fabric, allowing the video to be seen and also flooding the gallery with light.","space":"The work is 13 minutes long, HD video and can be adapted to the chosen display space. I would ideally like to show the work in either Ushuaia or Punta Arenas.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/403288204","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":0,"names":"Alexander","surname":"Stevenson","email":"mail@alexanderstevenson.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"519338961","address":"1 Dirigentgatan, L\u00e4g 560, 42137.","city":"G\u00f6teborg","nacionality":"British","country_id":"212","birthdate":"1981-08-21T22:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1981-08-21T22:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+447951895127","web":"www.alexanderstevenson.com"}