Solum Venenum

Now showing · installation loop

Role

Researcher and designer

Recognition

VPRO 10 Tips, Dutch Design Week 2024

Shown at

Dutch Design Week, Gelderse CMK-dag, Over de Grens

About the project

Solum Venenum is an interactive audiovisual installation exploring the hidden environmental impact of illegal synthetic drug production in the Netherlands.

Using body tracking sensors, visitors navigate a digital landscape shaped by chemical waste, uncovering the unseen consequences of human activity.

Europol data shows that for each kilogram of MDMA produced, 6 to 10 kilograms of toxic chemical waste is generated. To reveal the scale of this harm, I conducted field research at one of the largest illegal drug dump sites ever discovered in the Netherlands, using 3D scanning, soil analysis and close collaboration with a sanitation company.

Fig. 1A visitor facing a projected landscape of chemical waste

Fig. 2A dumped chemical jerrycan in the grass by the water

Fig. 3Installation film

Fig. 4Projection in orange light: trunks and roots reaching into the soil

Fig. 5A measuring rod in the sandy soil of the dump site

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