Valle Mortis is an exploration into the temporal crisis that is our past, present and future as we look to Mars as a speculative counterpart to life on Earth. The work depicts the topographical similarities between Death Valley and Martian terrain through lenticular prints consisting of the artist’s aerial photographs of Death Valley, paralleled with those of the HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.
My research of this project involved searching through thousands of images of Mars captured by the HiRise, and matching them with my photographs of Death Valley, creating a stunning resemblance and visual connection between the two planets. Equally sublime and ominous, Valle Mortis warns of exactly the type of ecological future that awaits a planet undergoing rapid climate change.
