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Title: The Crash and The Sin
Name: Félix Perier
Voiceover: Félix Perier
Sound: Fishmans - Long Season - 1996 / Félix Perier (Sampling SInnerman - Nina Simone - 1961)
In 1975, The Geological Society of London organised the first edition of their International Geo-Summit. Originally meant to happen in London, the meeting took place in Bude, Cornwall, an open book for the History of the World, the perfect place to try to understand its Future. The exposed angled layers of sandstone, mudstone and various types of strata all along the coastline’s monumental cliffs seemed at the time to be the perfect scenery for such a meeting. On the 300 millions year old Bude Formation, the timeline of the Earth’s major climatic and geological events was going to be reviewed and analysed in order to understand patterns of future scenarios. From the Earth’s collision with Theia to the Ordovician Extinction and the Cretaceous high sea levels, many topics were covered. On that 15th of March, the auditorium was full with Geologists, Physicists, Historians, Activists and Architects. It is said that a certain Guido Mancini, an architect from the outskirts of Florence attended the Lecture. Not a lot is known about the man apart from the fact that he left the place in a rush, with fear on his face. Ten years later, in 1985, as the second edition of the Geo-Summit was about to start, a mysterious package was found in one of the auditorium’s backroom. Meticulously signed by hand with two letters : G.M, the box contained drawings and plans and a model for Bude’s future. This series of works by G.M. portrayed the paranoid and thorn nature of the man, while speculating on extreme scenarios and possible interventions, to keep control over the landscape.
Name: Félix Perier
Voiceover: Félix Perier
Sound: Fishmans - Long Season - 1996 / Félix Perier (Sampling SInnerman - Nina Simone - 1961)
In 1975, The Geological Society of London organised the first edition of their International Geo-Summit. Originally meant to happen in London, the meeting took place in Bude, Cornwall, an open book for the History of the World, the perfect place to try to understand its Future. The exposed angled layers of sandstone, mudstone and various types of strata all along the coastline’s monumental cliffs seemed at the time to be the perfect scenery for such a meeting. On the 300 millions year old Bude Formation, the timeline of the Earth’s major climatic and geological events was going to be reviewed and analysed in order to understand patterns of future scenarios. From the Earth’s collision with Theia to the Ordovician Extinction and the Cretaceous high sea levels, many topics were covered. On that 15th of March, the auditorium was full with Geologists, Physicists, Historians, Activists and Architects. It is said that a certain Guido Mancini, an architect from the outskirts of Florence attended the Lecture. Not a lot is known about the man apart from the fact that he left the place in a rush, with fear on his face. Ten years later, in 1985, as the second edition of the Geo-Summit was about to start, a mysterious package was found in one of the auditorium’s backroom. Meticulously signed by hand with two letters : G.M, the box contained drawings and plans and a model for Bude’s future. This series of works by G.M. portrayed the paranoid and thorn nature of the man, while speculating on extreme scenarios and possible interventions, to keep control over the landscape.
