In the distant future, an exponentially growing population will, thanks to a fortunate turn of events, live in a total, egalitarian society. Following a fair distribution of land, each person will own a 58 x 58 cm area of the planet’s surface. Thanks to evolution and biotechnological advances, the human body has adapted perfectly to the size of the available space.
In the distant future, someone will discover the fashion of the 2000s AD. Apparently, many people were fans of a now submerged city once known as New York. 21st century weirdness is becoming fashionable. The man of the future will have his irregularly regular body covered with ancient archetypes by then.
In a museum of the distant future, contemporary garments bearing the imprints of bodies are juxtaposed with the uniformising inventions of men from previous centuries, foreshadowing the total domination of scale.
Man creates systems based on proportion and forces his imperfect mind into unity. Can man be the measure of all things? What happens if we look at man in terms of (cartographic) measure?
Blockhead is a speculative archaeological exploration, through timelines and realities, of the systems of proportions, beliefs and misconceptions by which we define ourselves and the world around us.