A sequel to <Porosity Valley: Portable Holes>(2017), this piece expands upon the previous work through a fictionalized depiction of the migration of the migrant/mineral/data cluster known as Petra Genetrix. Juxtaposing refugee migration with digital migration, both of which characterize migration in the 21st century, the work creates a speculative space-time by interrogating the 'ways of existence' and the 'ways of representation' of the Yemeni refugees who recently arr...more

A sequel to <Porosity Valley: Portable Holes>(2017), this piece expands upon the previous work through a fictionalized depiction of the migration of the migrant/mineral/data cluster known as Petra Genetrix. Juxtaposing refugee migration with digital migration, both of which characterize migration in the 21st century, the work creates a speculative space-time by interrogating the 'ways of existence' and the 'ways of representation' of the Yemeni refugees who recently arrived in South Korea. Reflected here is the state of affairs in which refugees are treated as a kind of malware or virus that threaten the immune system of the nation state. Next, further scenes unfold with biopolitical control, as experienced by Petra as well as the very Yemeni refugees in Korea. The work questions upon the notions of borders, crossings, and co-existence or symbiosis.

The concept of solid ground and borders - crossed by migrants, refugees, minerals, and data - starts to crumble. This is due to the movement of tectonic plates, which are themselves eternally moving and migrating subjects. In this sense, the work is a reflection of earth and its strata, the movements of its different agents, and the boundaries and symbiotic relations that impede or facilitate their movement.less