assembled earthly geometries

A performance of measurements and inscriptions.

In this work I use my hands, the horizon line, and celestial references to estimate my position on Earth. The first iteration took place across a semi-arid landscape in New South Wales, where I walked by night, calculated my position and inscribed calculations into the soil. This generated a drawn line grounded in bodily rhythm and observational methods. Later versions have been performed in parking lots, where I use chalk to mark locations.

The work considers how systems of latitude and longitude can be enacted through embodied measurement and how to establish a dialogue between rational, abstract geometry and physical movement. It is also a response to the clarity of the rural night sky and the obscuration of urban nightscapes from an overabundance of satellites as well as atmospheric and light pollution.