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Land Bodies, Decomposing Mass is an audiovisual collaboration between Ingrid Bjørnaali, Maria Simmons and Fabian Lanzmaier, focusing on preserved peatlands and their interpretation through various recording and 3D computing technologies. Through the use of photogrammetry, a technology that relates to satellite mapping and archiving of anthropocentric spaces and monuments, the biotope is interpreted bit by bit in an intimate, close-up interaction. The work explores specific peatlands in Finland, Norway and Canada from various perspectives, focusing on the idea of natural landscapes as sources as opposed to resources, and their capability or not to be translated to binary code.

Ingrid Bjørnaali is a multidisciplinary artist based in Oslo who records specific biotopes in various states of their ongoing world-building processes. Her works explore the omnipresence of the digital in our experience of the world as well as the inability of technology to articulate matter’s complexity. Recent exhibitions include Screen City Biennial, Berlin, Fabbrica Del Vapore, Milan, Charles Street Video, Toronto and Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM). Fabian Lanzmaier is a musician and sound artist living in Vienna. In his practice he explores perception and ideas of natural / artificial sounds, fluid and ambiguous environments. He works with real-time audio synthesis utilizing digital/analog physical modeling techniques and feedback networks to explore aspects of texture and structure of sound as well as its presence within space. Recent projects include: Artist in Residency at Wave Farm – NY, composition commission through INA - grm - Paris, AV - Performance at Fridman Gallery - NYC and Artist in Residency at EMS – Stockholm. Maria Simmons is a Canadian symbiontic artist who investigates potentialized environments through the creation of hybrid sculptures and installations. Her work embraces contamination as an act of collaboration. She collects garbage, grows yeast, ferments plants, and nurtures fruit flies. She makes art that eats itself. Recent solo exhibitions include the Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Trinity Square Video, and Centre3.