Niger Delta

Niger Delta (computed tomography)
2014
55 x 50 x 20 cm X-ray box, inkjet print

An aerial photograph of the Niger River coated with an oil lm has been digitally transformed into the aesthetics of a computer tomography and mounted on a switched x-ray box.
The Niger Delta is greatly polluted by the consequences of oil production. Intermingling of two imaging systems: the documentation of external contamination turns into pathological view, through which nature can be seen as a vulnerable body.