my region lives off the subsoil. it literally pumps the soil out from under its feet to remain standing. of course, these are the consequences of metacolonial exploitation of regions, but nevertheless… i am interested in fossil resources, their materiality and their own activity.
the Batagay thermokarst megaslump in Yakutia is the largest megafailure of permafrost in the world. tin was once mined in this area by GULAG prisoners. perhaps this served as the starting point for the appearance of this megaslump, and global climate change supported the process of permafrost degradation. from a satellite, this crater resembles a fossil animal and i am trying to recreate it in tin.