docu_si23 – TERRA IGNOTA

presentation @ liebig12

On September 19th, we presented the process, documentations and some preliminary results in an open studio format at Liebig 12, Berlin. You can find some impressions from that day below.

Journey in the great archipelago

Journey in the Great Archipelago is a map by Dr. Alfredo Prieto and Cristian Espinoza based on John Bartholomew’s Atlantic map tracing a journey of early humanity from the centre of Africa to Tierra del Fuego during the Würm glaciation.

Paths

Walking along a border is the same as following any other path or track. While walking you start inhabiting a zone. This border path is unmarked, there is no trail, only a direction across country. You might think that you are following a line, but you have entered a multiplicity of presences, an ecological continuum, where past, present and future intertwine cross-linking animate and inanimate beings and surroundings.

Batimientos – Schwebungen

^{By Kerstin Ergenzinger & Florencia Curci}

Preparing the walk through the Lapataia valley with maps and through the cartographic gaze from afar we strongly felt our foreignness and the valley’s negative space. Its resonance space was an external void. Its prevailing elements seemed to be water and wind.

We imagined bodies and voices in the winds. We imagined to join with our breath sounding tones without semantics.

Lärm

^{by Florencia Curci, Fernanda Olivares & Nicolás Spencer}

The noise emanating from the sea serves as a wake-up call, a mechanism or device, an artifice that heralds an emergency with nymphs’ cries from a place, be it a utopian or dystopian topos. This is how a narrative emerges, originating from the depths of the sea, carried by air currents and surface waves, creating turbulence as it interacts with the seabed and crashes against the coastal breakers. The mythological noise, or “Lärm,” undergoes a transformation and dissolves, taking on premonitory forms or dystopographies.

Piped Overtones

Gaseous vibrations in pipes display distinctive overtone patterns, linking the lengths of pipes with the propagation speeds of the gasses through which energies travel. Accelerating reconfigurations in piped energies across national borders along Germany’s northern coastline, sustain overtones of global geopolitics, reverberating throughout the local milieu.

Recordings conducted at various locations on Rügen, monitored from inside a common rain gutter pipe tuned to a 76.8 Hz resonant overtone, amplifies in-situ residual hums emanating from the Neptune regasification vessel moored at the industrial port of Lubmin, gateway to the Nord Stream 1 & 2 pipelines.

54°19’50.34” N 13°28’2.5824” E Wreechen Strand Last actions – The end its just …

^{By Florencia Curci, Victor Mazón Gardoqui & Nicolás Spencer.}

On the last day of the research trip, three actions were developed for the Wreechen Strand beach. This location has been crucial in the research as an ideal place for wind-related projects, adopted as a hub to carry out different site-specific collaborative actions.

Cultural marks & treeprints

As Robert Carracedo points in his archeological report of TIF 23, evidence of culturally modified trees has been found in the Bahía Blanca area by the Terra Ignota team. This bay, and specifically the forest near the Bahía Blanca 2, 3 and 4 shell middens, presents an optimal location for bark extraction. The main problem at this location is that the forest has been exploited for decades for timber extraction. Therefore, without dendrochronological dating we cannot be certain of their age and, consequently, we cannot relate them to the indigenous occupation of the site.

Kites: Soaring Through myths, history, science, and art research

In the vast tapestry of human history, certain inventions and innovations stand out as marvels of ingenuity, merging science, art, and culture into a single canvas of human achievement. The humble kite, with its roots reaching back thousands of years, is one such marvel. Often associated with carefree leisure on sunny days, kites have also been instrumental in science, war, climate research, and artistic expression. This essay embarks on a journey through time and disciplines, exploring the multifaceted role of kites in shaping our world.

Holobionte – Harnesing the wispers of wind: windmills, windengines and energy harvesting tools

^{By Florencia Curci, Victor Mazón Gardoqui & Nicolás Spencer}

The utilization of wind energy represents an ancient relationship between humanity and the natural world. Windmills, wind engines and wind generators embody this enduring connection and stand as both scientific marvels and artistic expressions. We will delve into the historical chronology of these remarkable devices to celebrate their scientific and artistic significance.