Region

Creative Rationale

This location lies in the Southern Ocean, deep in the Antarctic waters at 60 degrees south latitude on the Prime Meridian, where icy seas meet the vast atmospheric systems that circle the planet's bottom. The extremely high humidity of 97% creates forms that bleed and dissolve into one another like organisms viewed through frosted glass, while the massive temperature anomaly of 24.8°C above normal generates tortured, distorted shapes that press urgently against the picture plane with an almost violent energy. The moderate wind drives gestural marks that slice through translucent washes, and the low atmospheric pressure compresses these biomorphic forms into a claustrophobic dance between recognition and abstraction.