Four Directions of Heaven

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Destoop analyzed the making of his film project Kairos, a science fiction narrative in which time itself is a disappearing commodity against the backdrop ofAustralia’s Arid Zone. The film initiated—and therefore became a chapter of his current work: Four Directions of Heaven, a four-part exploration of extreme environments and their relationship to the more temperate environments within which cities have flourished, indeed swelled, to breaking points. Through residencies across various regions in the world, Alexis will continue exploring four archetypal yet “precarious” contemporary landscapes, which have undergone fundamental changes—geopolitically, economically, ecologically, and culturally—in recent history.