“Geoffrey H. Short’s series ‘towards another (big bang) theory’ is an exploration of risk, terror, beauty and the sublime. The fuel explosion is part of the cinematic vocabulary of special effects and as such is a simulation of terror. (Notably, in these days of computer generated imagery, the best way to simulate an explosion is still with an explosion). Hiring film industry special effects technicians to create “big bangs” on the black sands of New Zealand’s west coast, Short uses fossil fuel (with all its geo-political associations) mixed with gunpowder (with its own history of war, plots and dangerous entertainment) as an unpredictable, dramatic and multi-layered imaging material. ” – Matt Nager

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