Sobrevolar el lugar equivocado y encontrarlo vacío
- Autores: Bárbara Inmaculada Fluxá Álvarez-Miranda
- Localización: Accesos: prácticas artísticas y formas de conocimiento contemporáneas, ISSN 2530-447X, ISSN-e 2530-4488, Nº. 0, 2016, págs. 16-27
- Idioma: español
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Resumen
Today’s geospatial mapping based on high-resolution images and georeferenced data from hundreds of optical sensor satellites makes it possible for any modern-day citizen to fly over the planet Earth, inch by inch, seeing it exactly as it is – or was – by means of millions of digital data stored on the network. This incredible virtual journey is within our reach, at any place and any time, just by clicking on a simple application on any “smart” technological device connected to the Internet. What was originally conceived as a technology that would only theoretically be aimed towards the cosmos is now also aimed downwards, towards our own planet, where it plays a dual role, both ambiguous and powerful. We must not forget that under the undeniable benefits of this technology for the common good and scientific development, it also hides clear objectives of political and military espionage; as it simultaneously offers citizens a harmless, fun and fascinating tool for traveling – without leaving the house! – through modern space/time. What better tool for an artistic practice with the hopes of deciphering – excavating – this complex magma of modern technological visualizations? We propose a simple strategy, using the various applications within our reach to aim in a different direction and a different time, creating a space-time palimpsest with multiple interpretative and technological accesses. This contribution is noteworthy in regard to the environmental, economic and territorial disaster of the disappearing Aral Sea (between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan), as an example of these other possible uses.
