boringold, 2 months ago

3/4 The title implies a hierarchy of cultural development; in the description, Markusiewicz explains how the concept of barbarism always derogatorily refers to "the other". He leaves open who the barbarians are in the context of these images, however.

Are they the people living in the tiny buildings between the invasive structures? Or are the structures the signs of a barbaric intrusion into a peaceful civilization living there? What other interpretations could there be for us?

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Digital artwork. A computer generated aerial view of a mountain ridge near the bottom of the image and a plane filled with smooth, regular gashes and structures that rise like towers from the ground, casting long shadows.
Digital artwork. A computer generated aerial view of a landscape dominated by a smooth, circular chasm surrounding the central, bowl-shaped part of it. The surface of the canyon is white and featureless.