TANK WORLDS

Experiment 01

Michele Gagnon

Tank Worlds : Miniaturising the Gigantic
Another Surveying Paradigm


The environmental models assess another way than the Western paradigm to record the dynamics of coastal erosion and determine what aspects are misinterpreted in documenting the progress of water and the shift of landscape. Accordingly, the act of recording and documenting can be used as a tool to convey a new set of questions on how the Western society perceives coastal erosion, its spatial conditions and the people depending on them. The videos additionally initiate an alternative to the current surveying methods by perceiving coastal erosion as part of a whole organism to further understand the flow and process coastal erosion. Indeed, the models isolate and simplify those effects, allowing for a rudimentary comprehension of the complex spatial correlation between global warming and the ecosystem surrounding it. Finally, the videos act as a process tool to increase empathy when recording the movement of the water tank by illustrating and materializing the aggressive movement of time.

Experiment 01