IC w9 Mapping by Mishka Henner

HildeMaassen
Apr 15, 2020
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Updated: Aug 15, 2020

During a lecture by Jesse, he showed work by Mishka Henner. I find the work visually very attractive. It is often almost patchwork that reminds me of topographic maps. The images show lines, graphic and are surrealistically sharp. His work is about landscapes, usually with the help of images and audio fragments; found material such as satellite images that he merges into new large images. The 2018 Landfall series; hurricanes on vinyl discs where you hear the sound of eyewitnesses, reporters, forecasters and the hurricanes themselves.

The 2013 series Fields Hundreds of satelite images of American oil fields assembled with satellite images.

This series "Freelots" about the meat industry that has managed to reduce the 5-year natural process of preparing a cow for slaughter using growth hormones, antibiotics and feed to 18 months. Here again the photos are composite screen images of satellite images “The meat industry is a subject with a moral and ethical charge. But when I think of these photos, I don't just see giant farms, I see an attitude to life and death that exists throughout contemporary culture. These images reflect a blueprint and horror that are at the heart of our way of life. ”

Series Dutch Landscapes:

The satellite images censor; military important places and thus "forbidden" places are made invisible. The result is that you will see colored blocks. I have known this work made above the Netherlands for some time and it reminded me of tulip fields.