Humano Terrarum
Blends
Exhibited in ARCTIC TERRAIN – NordatlantiskHus, Odense, Denmark – April 25th to August 31st, 2024
Talorsuit
41 x 61 cm
Diasec™ on ISO 9706 paper
Edition strictly limited to 9
At a lofty 1490 metres above Nuup Kangerlua (Godthåbsfjord), Talorsuit is the 'Mountain which shades the Earth'. As it casts deep evening shadows over the settlement of Qooqqut its dominance over the land and sea is reflected in the deep blues and browns in the model – recalling that we are all subject to the basic rules of physics. Much as we think we can control our environment, the Earth rotates, darkness follows light follows darkness. We are fools to think we can live separately from our world.
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Nuka
72 x 46 cm
Diasec™ on ISO 9706 paper
Edition strictly limited to 9
Nuka is the Greenlandic word for a woman's younger sister. Here, the woman is the Earth, with the model being her little sister. Connected by blood – almost the same, but still with plenty to learn. The piece challenges the idea of woman, humankind, being born of Earth. Rather we are one and a part of the same living entity. What we do shapes our environment, and our environment shapes us, although always we remain the littler sister.
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Kajortoq
46 x 60 cm
Diasec™ on ISO 9706 paper
Edition strictly limited to 9
As the leaves of the heather fade, autumn is a time of a saturated palette in reds, purples and browns. This is the time where Greenland's landscape most closely reflects human terrain in colour as well as form. As the Earth transitions into an anthropogenic order, Kajortoq, or 'brown', recalls the intimate connection between human and environment in this magical, transitional season.
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The model’s body is contoured in ink with her curves acting as a template for digitally represented real-world locations married into the final pieces.
The artworks use modified European Space Agency Copernicus Sentinel raster data from 2020. These data were draped over elevation data from the Polar GeoSpatial Center's ArcticDEM issued under CC-BY-4.0. The final images were digitally created by colourising and merging with still photography taken of the model.
mthStudios use only the very best archive-quality materials. Each photograph is one of an editioned series strictly limited to nine prints in perpetuity. The images are realised with highest archive-quality professional materials - paper, inks, acrylic and bonding materials guaranteed under ISO 9706. Diasec™ acrylic lamination leads the field, typically with a maximum of one production facility licensed per country worldwide. With image integrity in excess of 200 years, each art work becomes both artwork and investment. Further information about the Diasec™ printing process can be found here. All mthStudio prints are delivered with a unique serial code issued by the printer and referenced on a separate Certificate of Authenticity, embossed and signed by the artist.