The Principle of All Things is Water
This single-channel video installation (06’40” loop) shows one of the first virtual renderings of water in front of a series of HD videos of the ocean, while the sound of waves fades in and out from digital white noise, which contains all frequencies at the same intensity. The connections between water cycles and digital cycles lie at the core of an ecology of the digital— could look like. This work speculates on the origins of mediated images and sounds in relation to the natural continuum, borrowing a phrase attributed to the pre-socratic philosopher Thales of Miletus, who argued that water was the origin of life and knowledge.
Installation at the exhibition Escaleras Futuras, curated by MSD (Daniela Gutiérrez & Sebastián Mira) at Galería SantaFe in Bogotá (2019). Photos by Juan Covelli.