United Land | Francois Ronsiaux | Via
Francois Ronsiaux considers his project ‘United Land’ as a global photography and visual arts undertaking, one which explores the notion of man’s mental state when confronted with the possible disappearance of his built surroundings. Since 2011, the french artist has worked on the collection of images and the specific scenario of actions, events and circumstances they consider.
‘Througout the 21st century, man, with his never-ending drive to control his living environment, finds himself facing the possibility of a temporary existence as well as the potentiality that life on earth could end progressively or even abruptly. We are living this era with a conscious or subconscious long-term insecurity, making it difficult to project into the future. the result is an acceleration of our lifestyles as well as a palliative desire for constructing urgent and short-term projects. Our post-modern society has been defined by the shattering and disintegration of progress as a fundamental value accepted as a general and federating idea – and is now being forced into an awareness of the serious problems caused by socio-economic and environmental deregulation.’
Architecture under water: Francois Ronsiaux imagines man’s habitat post ice thaw
