Moving Mountains (#1-2)

Photo Installation

2009

Moving Mountains relates to global change and forecasting from 2000-2050. It refers amongst others to the economic statistics predicting the future for the coming 40 years. The collages are compiled with found images of the Mount Everest.

The commission by the biennial team proposed to take the space usually used by advertisements and turn it into an exhibition space for artists. The idea was ‘to present the work by itself in this circumstance, without any institutional frame (logo, signature, sponsor) and entering thus into a bigger discussion on ideological platforms and language used in different channels of information.’

Moving Mountains
‘Moving Mountains’ consisted of three billboards and an image that was implemented in the financial news section of three Brazilian newspapers, Zero Hora, amongst others.

Commissioned by: Screaming and Hearing, 7th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, BR
Curated by: Erick Beltrán and Bernardo Ortiz
Design realised with: Raf Vancampenhoudt

Moving Mountains, design for newspaper, 2010
Moving Mountains, design for billboard, 2010