Dams and Hydroelectric Dreams

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.

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 are 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.