Screening Room I

Delve

This first Screening Room lays out the state of play, featuring a diverse collection of films and video-artworks that burrow down deep, taking soundings, readings, measurements and recordings to establish a baseline for the present. From Sparre’s field-based excavations – listening to the Earth’s movements and translating geological time into sensory testimony – to Felipe De Ávila Franco’s forensic attention to industrial detritus and the material traces of extraction, the works delve beneath the visible surface. This first room is not designed to pass judgement, but to function as diagnostics – presenting (often overlooked) realities of our world today. These films reference what is to come, introducing topics such as extraction, social inequality and industrial development; but also hinting at the tools we require to sustainably proceed, to move away from that dreaded point of no return.