Works › Landscape and mapping

INSULAE (Of the Island)

Flying at drone height over glitching waves ‘INSULAE [Of the Island]’ is a simulated ocean journey, a perpetually looping patrol around the British sea borders. The work explores the social and political agendas embedded within the ostensibly objective satellite imagery that mediates our contemporary experience of the world.

INSULAE: The Drawing is the Journey

A print diptych arising from satellite imagery mapping project 'INSULAE (Of the Island)'.

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A supertall barrier wall splits the arid wastes of Mars. In the ultimate exoplanetary power flex artist Nye Thompson has exploited mapping data systems to lay claim to an area of Mars, drawing a line in the sand and erecting a border around her territory. You are not a citizen.

Words That Remake The World «The Seeker»

The Seeker is a Demiurge AI, a machine entity, that travels the globe through the internet. It looks out onto our world through security camera eyes and describes its visions.