PROJECTS
“THE AMAZON HAS LOST ALL SUBJECTIVITY”
TITLE: THE AMAZON HAS LOST ALL SUBJECTIVITY
SYNOPSIS: PROEJETO RADAM RADAR MAPS PRODUCED BY THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES. THESE MAPS WERE DISTRIBUTED AS DIAZO BLUEPRINT PAPERS TO MINING AND ENERGY COMPANIES. DEPUTY JUVENCIO DIAS, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL, SAID THE FOLLOWING: “... I HAVE THE FEELING THAT RADAM MAY BE OUR NATION’S MOST AUDACIOUS PROJECT. I BELIEVE IN PROJECT RADAM BECAUSE IT IS VERY OBJECTIVE. THE AMAZON HAS LOST ALL SUBJECTIVITY...”
“TODAY IT IS THE TERRITORY WHOSE SHREDS SLOWLY ROT ACROSS THE EXTENT OF THE MAP. IT IS THE REAL, AND NOT THE MAP, WHOSE VESTIGES PERSIST HERE AND THERE IN THE DESERTS THAT ARE NO LONGER THOSE OF THE EMPIRE, BUT OURS.”
SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION, JEAN BAUDRILLARD