Scanner, Olga Mink

Atlantida HD video installation, NL, GB, ES, 2009

A work by Olga Mink and Scanner made for the 2nd Biennial of the Canaries 2009. A multi-channel video with immersive sound work, that addresses the themes of silence and landscape with location recordings of each of the seven volcanic islands captured in high detail. Its ten minute duration presents an ethereal sequence of scenes that resonates with the glory of the natural environment. Mink and Scanner captured the idea of silence and human intervention, by creating traces through different areas which adresses the existence of the real and imagined landscapes that they’ve confronted and readjusted throughout their journey.