Maaike Bakker To those who belongs the earth … Lab User Id: 2422 “To those who belongs the earth…(shall belong its centre up to the heavens)”, which is derived from a rough translation of the old roman legal principle “Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad caelum et ad inferos “ deals with the ownership of air and the assigning of air rights. The body of work is directed at addressing , and simultaneously satirizing the rapid course of societies progress in terms of spatial development. The artworks engage with the idea of
a continuous search for unchartered territory and expansion within a post-colonial context. The need for space to enable further development is becoming an urgency, therefore calling for undefined, intangible landscapes. Space has become a luxury, as no land remains to be claimed. Every open space is claimed for further development of living space due to the excessive population
increase, calling for further entertainment centres and most importantly for the development of further office space in order to meet our markets demands, assuring our society’s “eternal kingdom”. Thus, in regard to inhabitable space, progress has arrived at a new climax, now demanding the claim of intangible landscapes.
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