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On the old-master-style ground layer of the globe-like sphere ‘Economists who studied the Weather’, Davar has used pigment pencils to trace ancient trade routes that could be navigated depending on the weather.
‘The Shipping Forecast’, on the other hand, refers to the so-called Mercator projection from the 16th century, which revolutionised seafaring: it depicts the Earth in such a way that compass bearings can be plotted as straight lines. This was a great advantage for navigation, although it did result in the distortion of land areas. The closer a country is to the poles, the larger it appears on the map.
With the globe ‘Tech Tech Wake up! Mercator was Yesterday’, Davar alludes to a UN resolution of September 2026, which stipulates that world maps should in future depict the areas and relative sizes of the continents as accurately as possible. The artist writes of the globe itself: ‘The globe depicts endless horizons in a vast panoramic image composed of individual pictures. There are many different times of day and night on the globe, and I have tried to create the impression that we are all standing still – in this moment and in infinite time. We are not sure where we are. We can shape a new world.’