Terra Australis Incognita ...

• Main Author: Bordoli, Andrea
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Daarzijn 2021
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology; Terra Australis; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48350/177297; https://boris.unibe.ch/177297/

Terra australis incognita was a hypothetical continent posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries. The existence of Terra Australis was not based on any survey or direct observation, but rather on the idea that continental land in the Northern Hemisphere should be balanced by land in the Southern Hemisphere. TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA is an experimental project on Antarctica. It is built on archival aerial footage produced by the US Navy during a number of different missions throughout the second half of the XXth century. By the juxtapositions of the US Navy archives to found footage and 3D modelization, the project seeks to reflect on and critically engage with the context the form in which the American aerial photography project has been produced. By doing so, TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA question and problematize the technologies of vision's role in the contemporary geopolitical confrontations in Antarctica - the biggest and most inhospitable Terrae Nullius left on ...