Tropical South America 15s 70w

Creative Rationale

Above the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia, where extreme altitude creates unusual atmospheric conditions, the steep pressure gradient and significant temperature anomaly suggest layers of memory being violently excavated and reformed. The moderate wind and high humidity create a palimpsest effect where older geological and emotional strata show through current surface conditions, like ancient paint layers revealed through years of reworking. This becomes a meditation on archaeological time—both geological and personal—where fragments of recognition emerge from and dissolve back into abstract atmospheric fields.