Nora Bible: Uncertain Homelands
The Eriskay Connection, 2024
€45,00
Water, in abundance or in scarcity, is the central theme of Uncertain Homelands. Nora Bibel (DE) investigates the repercussions of climate change around the world, focusing on Indonesia, Namibia, and Germany. Through a combination of drone photography of landscapes, intimate portraits of people affected by human-made climate change, and interviews, Bibel creates a layered body of work that thoughtfully engages with global interconnectivity and the mutual influence of water systems.
The photographs alternate between narrative and enigmatic, abstract moments. Like an abrupt intervention, a man stands with raised arms amid scorched tree trunks in Brandenburg. There is a surreal sight of a boy in Indonesia lying in the water in a flooded living room as rainfall turned their house into a swimming pool. And a Namibian farmer looks out over the surrounding desert, where every piece of greenery is a precious asset.
The uncertainty lies in the question how our lives will change as a result of climate change. Bibel’s photographs intricately unravel the complexity of this question and show how intertwined individual biographies, global water systems, and climate policy are. Uncertain Homelands is a story about the threat to our familiar way of life, but also about the resilience and diverse adaptation strategies that people use to counter it.
ISBN: 9789083357188
