DIGITAL EARTH FELLOWSHIP 2018-2019 FOCUS

The geographical focus of Digital Earth Fellowship 2018 - 2019 was on the entanglement of old and new routes across the Middle East and Central Asia which connect Asia to Africa; crossing the Middle East and Central Asia. For centuries, these lands and maritime trajectories shaped regional and intercontinental balances of power and culture. Today, similar routes are crossed by goods, people, and data a faster pace than ever through a circuit of ports, mines, airports, refineries, high speed railways, fibre optic cables and mobile antennas. Perhaps, here, more than anywhere else, digital and material trails can be traced through different sovereignties, cultures, and latitudes, with the potential for more to be unravelled.

DIGITAL EARTH 2018-2019 FELLOWS

Tekla Aslanishvili is an artist based in Tbilisi and Berlin, examining the trials of developing a futuristic city and Deep Sea Port in Anaklia, Georgia >> — **Tekla Aslanishvili** is an artist based in Tbilisi and Berlin, examining the trials of developing a futuristic city and Deep Sea Port in Anaklia, Georgia >>

Valia Fetisov is a visual artist from Russia researching techniques of manipulation such as the social credit system in China >> — **Valia Fetisov** is a visual artist from Russia researching techniques of manipulation such as the social credit system in China >>

Pete Jiadong Qiang forms one half of interdisciplinary artist duo Hyperbation, investigating excess in three locations across China >> — **Pete Jiadong Qiang** forms one half of interdisciplinary artist duo *Hyperbation*, investigating excess in three locations across China >>

Jessika Khazrik is an interdisciplinary artist and a writer whose research projects track the ways in which technology has been misused to falsify, hide and deny the distribution of toxic waste within Lebanon >> — **Jessika Khazrik** is an interdisciplinary artist and a writer whose research projects track the ways in which technology has been misused to falsify, hide and deny the distribution of toxic waste within Lebanon >>

Tabita Rezaire is a cross-dimensional new media artist based in Johannesburg researching traditional African cultures of astronomy and celestial sciences >> — **Tabita Rezaire** is a cross-dimensional new media artist based in Johannesburg researching traditional African cultures of astronomy and celestial sciences >>

Emo de Medeiros is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on smartphones as the building blocks of the Digital Revolution that has spread across Africa >> — **Emo de Medeiros** is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on smartphones as the building blocks of the Digital Revolution that has spread across Africa >>

Asia Bazdyrieva is an art historian who, with filmmaker Solveig Suess, makes up the research project Geocinema >> — **Asia Bazdyrieva** is an art historian who, with filmmaker Solveig Suess, makes up the research project *Geocinema* >>

Mingxuan Xie is an architect who, as part of interdisciplinary artist duo Hyperbation, is investigating excess in three locations across China >> — **Mingxuan Xie** is an architect who, as part of interdisciplinary artist duo Hyperbation, is investigating excess in three locations across China >>

Jeremiah Ikongio, based in Lagos, is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the emerging cultural and socio-economic connection between Africa and Asia >> — **Jeremiah Ikongio**, based in Lagos, is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the emerging cultural and socio-economic connection between Africa and Asia >>

Francois Knoetze, currently based in Cape Town, investigates the contradictions and exploitation in the techno-utopian ideal of countries, such as China and Africa >> — **Francois Knoetze**, currently based in Cape Town, investigates the contradictions and exploitation in the techno-utopian ideal of countries, such as China and Africa >>

Dilman Dila is a Ugandan writer and digital artist who is examining the use of African fractal mathematics in anti-malaria gene drive >> — **Dilman Dila** is a Ugandan writer and digital artist who is examining the use of African fractal mathematics in anti-malaria gene drive >>

Solveig Suess is a filmmaker who, with art historian Asia Bazyrieva, makes up the research project Geocinema >> — **Solveig Suess** is a filmmaker who, with art historian Asia Bazyrieva, makes up the research project *Geocinema* >>

Cheng Guo is a visual artist currently based in Shanghai whose research seeks to reveal the entanglement of technology, culture and ideology behind China's internet infrastructure >> — **Cheng Guo** is a visual artist currently based in Shanghai whose research seeks to reveal the entanglement of technology, culture and ideology behind China's internet infrastructure >>

Jean Katambayi Mukendi is a visual artist based in the Democratic Republic of Congo researching into electromagnetic waves and the way that they tend to dominate current forms of communication >> — **Jean Katambayi Mukendi** is a visual artist based in the Democratic Republic of Congo researching into electromagnetic waves and the way that they tend to dominate current forms of communication >>

Umber Majeed is a multidisciplinary visual artist, working in New York and Pakistan whose project investigates current urbanization claims in Lahore >> — **Umber Majeed** is a multidisciplinary visual artist, working in New York and Pakistan whose project investigates current urbanization claims in Lahore >>

Jonathan Dotse is a science-fiction writer, hypermedia artist, and Afrofuturist based in Accra, Ghana researching digital hypermedia >> — **Jonathan Dotse** is a science-fiction writer, hypermedia artist, and Afrofuturist based in Accra, Ghana researching digital hypermedia >>

Halima Haruna is a designer from Nigeria, analysing how investments from East Asia and state revenue, reorganises the urban fabric within Lagos >> — **Halima Haruna** is a designer from Nigeria, analysing how investments from East Asia and state revenue, reorganises the urban fabric within Lagos >>

Khyati Saraf is a landscape architect from New Delhi who, with Ishita Sharma, is investigating the impact of industrialisation in coastal Gujarat, India >> — **Khyati Saraf** is a landscape architect from New Delhi who, with Ishita Sharma, is investigating the impact of industrialisation in coastal Gujarat, India >>

Sepideh Majidi is a designer and educator looking at the infrastructural matrix of economical and political operating systems >> — **Sepideh Majidi** is a designer and educator looking at the infrastructural matrix of economical and political operating systems >>