Lichen War Cartography

Photographer

Konstantin Bloch

Category

Fine Art Photography - Others

Company

Tel-Aviv University

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2023

Country / Region:

Israel

The images are about the war and its aftermath reflected in the lichen patterns. Lichens are wonderful ancient symbiotic microorganisms consisting of microalgae and fungi. Countless lichen drawings on the rocks sometimes resemble country-like patterns. To depict massive destructions in Ukraine after Russian’s invasion and outline other world conflicts, I used images of growing lichens. Each war ends either with a peace treaty resembling a symbiosis-like relationship between parties or leads to long-term unresolved conflict, as what happened in the Holy Land, Korean peninsula and Cyprus island. If left unresolved, conflict may sooner or later escalate and lead to unpredictable violence, as happens in a war between Hamas and Israel.

Credits

Student of Art School at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Tel Aviv,Israel
Nina Goltzman
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