Earthworks by Semiconductor (2020)

Earthworks is an Immersive moving image Installation by Semiconductor, who are artists Joe Gerhardt and Ruth Jarman. This animated moving image and sound installation depicts the phenomena of landscape formation, compressing hundreds of thousands of years of geological time into less than twelve minutes. Masses of colourful layers are animated by the soundscapes of earthquake, volcanic, glacial and human activity, recorded as seismic waves, which form spectacular fluctuating marbled waveforms across a 20 metre screen that zig-zags through the space taking over the entire gallery. Earthworks makes tangible the immense natural forces captured by seismic data and tackles the way in which geological and human processes are inextricably linked in the Anthropocene. Like what we do? Support us! Donate or become a member of Fabrica. Join in the conversations on social medi