Into the Digital Cartographic Void

"Into the Digital Cartographic Void investigates digital censorship through signs and representations. A multimedia installation uses the jigsaw puzzle metaphor to reveal the underlying structures and motivations that shape cartographic knowledge.

Upon entering, visitors become part of the cartographic imagery: a live-streaming camera from above simulates a satellite's perspective, capturing the cartography on top of the installation and the visitors within. Surrounding the visitors are layers representing factors such as technology, geopolitics, and epistemology, interlocking horizontally through different shapes of extruded jigsaw puzzle pieces.

The project suggests that digital cartography is determined not by its semiotics or reference to real landscapes but by broader power structures beneath its surface. The critique moves beyond the dichotomy of authoritarian censorship versus democratic freedom, showing that digital cartography is always censored to some degree and that certain types of censorship play a role in revealing rather than merely suppressing."