Neocolonial Landscape. Intaglio, Digital Satellite Image, Chine-Collé. 45cm x 45cm, 2022.
Neocolonial Landscape is the third print in my artist's book. As a progression from Terra Nullius, Neocolonial Landscape portrays the change in landscape after the settlement of the region. The accompanying text excerpts describe the shrinking territory of the Enlhet and the parcelling and ordering of the landscape through agriculture and ranching. For some, the Chaco was a place of potential for investment and development, for some it was a God-given challenge that needed sweat and effort to yield something fruitful, for others it was habitat and life.
The small island of forest represents the land the Enlhet live on reflecting the text excerpt by Simeón Negro below. The forest in the background shining through the paper represents the large circle of land the Enlhet used to live in. The digitally printed satellite images of fields and the grid portray the prevalent change in the landscape around the Mennonite colonies. The grey drips evoke a sense of loss, of trickling away of the forest and a way of life.
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