(from the introduction)
A part of Villa Savoye is sinking, the sea has a little wave, a bridge is visible on the left and the horizon is almost clear. Flooded, the work of Michalis Zacharias is a real-time simulation of the installation Flooded Modernity of Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen as it was set up in Vejle fjord in 2018. The azimuth coordinates of the sun as well as the current time and weather conditions of the area are mentioned on screen, and the light of the landscape changes accordingly.
Zacharias’ project Flooded involves an act of appropriation, but has its own particular features, going beyond the act itself. Unlike most artworks embracing appropriation to tackle issues of authenticity, originality, or authorship, Zacharias rather wanted to comment upon the intervention of Havsteen-Mikkelsen and create a digital living memory of it...