BENJAMIN STANWIX — ONE (BORROWED LANDSCAPE)

The desert landscape presents us with a visual geological record dating back millions of years. South African artist Benjamin Stanwix uses art as a tool to probe the ways in which we make sense of the past, with a particular interest in contradictions and distortions as spaces for productive engagement. one (borrowed landscape) is a depiction in fabric of the local landscape as seen on the digitized platform of Google Earth viewed 9,861 miles away. This image was captured at the moment of a platform glitch, an artifact of the reality versus the promise of technology-driven paradise. Prior to completing a Post-graduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Stanwix studied history and economics at the University of Oxford. He completed a residency at BoxoPROJECTS in December 2018.

Artist website: benstanwix.com