Erotic Geologies is a sci-fi parable that seeks knowledge from the underground. Myriad cultures across time have made sense of the ground and underground through folklore, fairy tale and science fiction. Erotic Geologies layers these modes of knowledge-sharing to tell a narrative about renewal, cyclical time, and a continually mobile geology – through the lens of the Anthropocene, perhaps the most recent narrative of the ground.
Merchant bankers Rangi and Liberté are thrust into hostile and unfamiliar territory after an earthquake renders their office to rubble. Lost in a world they don’t understand, wandering the harsh terrain, seeking refuge in the sunken troves of geology. This is an underground that has no time and no exit. Trapped until they receive the necessary Chthonic knowledge, they’re finally released into the open air, emerging to find an age has passed. Taking what they learned from their captivity underground they ascend to the highest mountain top to complete their survival task.
Previous working titles during the making and overseas screenings of this work:
– Deucalion & Pyrrha 2022
– An Alternative Archaeology 2021
Erotic Geologies, its permanent title given upon completion and for the occasion of its Aotearoa premiere screening in 2024.