Moving Image Installation
Exhibited at the Staatstheater in Karlsruhe

A site-specific video installation connecting the architectural surroundings with the path of the Bork beetle and creating a symbiosis between humanity and our natural environment.

The Operator is a site-specific video installation, set atop the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe. It combines the striking architectural geometry of the theatre with the shapes of the paths created by Bork beetles eating their way through trees.

The architecture and its geometry are combined with the natural elements surrounding the city, creating a symbiosis of the natural life forms and their forest habitat and the human lifeforms in their controlled environment, both with huge impacts and playing on the notion of the Anthropocene.

The video features a range of animation styles, from hand drawn to 3D animations, created in Blender and After Effects

Kindly supported by the Badisches Staatstheater and the City of Karlsruhe. Exhibited as part of Go Public! 2023, created in a seminar at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe

Link to the Video VIMEO