On the occasion of Braquenier’s recently concluded exhibition “Earth Not A Globe” at the Ravestijn Gallery in Amsterdam (23 January – 24 April), GUP was fortunate enough to discover more about the process behind this fascinating project from the artist himself. His project Earth Not A Globe, which has been 5 years in the making, is an intriguing body of work that examines mankind’s complex and often dubious relationship with the photographic image in a post-truth era, where misinformation abounds and conspiracy theories have only continued to gain momentum. Rather than position himself as an outsider, Braquenier grants viewers a rather different look into the heart of the flat earth community and its many believers. Ever since, the flat earth community has seen a growing number of proponents, as well as a growing amount of exposure. Of all of the paranoid speculation out there being disseminated, the modern flat earth conspiracy is perhaps the most ‘stable’ rumour circulating, tracing its lineage back to the 1850s with the release of English writer Samuel Rowbotham’s book Earth Not A Globe.
1985, Belgium) immersed himself in a community espousing ideas in the vein of this new mode of ‘alternative truth’: the Flat Earth society.
Triggered by the strangely Orwellian phrase ‘alternative facts’- a flagrant redefining of demonstrable falsehoods as truth by authority figures, introduced in the early days of the Trump administration - photographer Philippe Braquenier (b.
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