REISEFIBER | 2022
The project explores the transformation of human-space relationships in the age of ubiquitous technologies such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Street View. By intertwining virtual and physical realities, it reveals how these tools ease navigation while simultaneously fostering an illusion of control and security. The emergence of such technologies reflects the Anthropocene—a moment in which the Earth has been mapped, conquered, and matter itself compelled into submission.

"Space is a widely accepted symbol of freedom in the Western world. Space is open: it suggests the future and encourages action. In a negative sense, space and freedom pose a threat. (...) The physical environment can influence people's sense of size and space. The inhabitants of the small Melanesian island of Tikopia, which is only three miles long, have no concept of the size of a continent. They wondered if there was such a land from which the sound of the ocean waves could no longer be heard. It's different in China, which stretches across a continent. The Chinese have learned to deal with great distances and to think of them with fear, because distance can separate friends and lovers. (...) Secondly, culture and experience strongly influence the interpretation of the environment. Americans have learned to accept the open plains of the West as a symbol of life's opportunities and freedom, while for Russian peasants, the endless expanse spoke of the futility of man in the face of immense and indifferent nature."
(Yi-Fu Tuan - Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience)

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