Valle Mortis is an audiovisual exploration into the temporal crisis that is the past, present and future as humanity looks to Mars as a speculative counterpart to life on Earth.

The exhibition is a sensory depiction of the topographical similarities between Death Valley and Martian terrain predominantly through lenticular prints. The artist’s aerial photographs of Death Valley are paralleled with Mars images from the HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona, creating a stunning correlation and connection between worlds.

Holm’s video and audio compositions provide an immersive dimension, speaking to the cyclical nature of humankind’s obsession with a future that is ever bound to the past. The soundscape and video are not only seen and heard, but felt through oscillating vibrations, synthesized from Martian audio data transmitted by the NASA Perseverance rover.

The result is a celestial body of work suspended in time, neither quite here nor there, at once familiar and unknowable. 

Video piece can be found here.