Terra Null

Alis Oldfield; Paul Dolan; Pete Howson

Terra Null

Alis Oldfield
, Paul Dolan
, Pete Howson

Department of Art and Design

Northumbria University

Research output: Non-textual form › Performance

Abstract

Gallery North, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 12th March- 10th April

Terra Null brings together staff and postgraduate researchers from arts and geography exploring connections between NewSpace industries and cryptocurrencies, data infrastructure, extractivism and histories of colonisation.

Dolan’s Extraterritorial photographic series depicts American rocket launch facilities in Texas and New Mexico as extraterrestrial landscapes rendered in stark black and white via a specialised infrared camera.

Alis Oldfield’s OMEN, Polyphonic Orbit, is a sonic artwork that gives voice to three historically significant comets who have visited as our planet has undergone profound ecological and technological transformation. Witnessing histories of enclosure, industrialisation, and transhumanist philosophy, mirrored later in our digital networks, the work questions what these deep-time travellers might perceive next as Earth accelerates toward unknown technological futures.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 12 Mar 2026

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