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Phase Shift: an Insectile Cadence (Diasporic eucalyptus)



Envisioned for an installation piece, this video iteration splits the screen in two: an animation of a rotating paper wasp nest sculpture and animated drawings of eucalyptus groves as industry.

Its audio component is made with recordings of the blender used to make paper nests sculptures. Composed by Daniel Oldham, the music is aggressive, invading space sonically as a pulsating irritation, while ultimately the musical technique pushes dissonance to a soothing synchronism called “phase shifting” – a parallel to ideas of invasion and time.

The uncanny animations explore images that represent human extraction through industry, i.e. eucalyptus as resource, tools of extraction, land territories and lastly a raging fire. The linearity of the piece takes the position on how nature fights back through invasiveness.




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