Semester: Fall 2024
Location: Centro Sassu II, Arborea, Sardegna
Instructor: Daniele Profete
Collaborators: Vivian Sheng, Max Walewski
Location: Centro Sassu II, Arborea, Sardegna
Instructor: Daniele Profete
Collaborators: Vivian Sheng, Max Walewski
The conditions and effects of dams and hydroelectric power extend across scales from the world of microns to the world of kilometers. These effects and conditions form a network – an immaterial object which represents the hydroelectric dam and its repercussions. This network shifts between visible and invisible, never captured in its entirety. Our perception of the hydroelectric dam is shrouded by multiple perceptions in multiple scales. This project attempts to bridge the scalar gap, using topographies of scales from microns to kilometers in order to collage a new ground and new datum from which to approach the hydroelectric dam.
The ground is not only a collage which violently mixes scales and resolutions, it is also a datum on which the immaterial effects of the dam area realized. Each scale is gridded for cross reference, and these grids are occupied with words and images, further expounding on the ideas of the dam while embedding its immaterial structure on its material structure – the land.
