Exploring ideas at the limits of certainty
Joseph Popper talks about his exploration of space travel and technological endeavour through film, photography and installations; how cinematic special effects have inspired his work; and how his transformation of found locations and everyday objects is used to simulate speculative scenarios and create fictional experiences.
In his current installation, The Same Face, a combined video and physical set plays upon the similarities between a drone command centre and a flight simulator, within which both pilots are situated in rooms, filled with screens and joy sticks, only one is loaded with the potential for destruction and one isn’t.