Deus ex Machina

The video work links the promise of nuclear fusion with the concept of deus-ex-machina. Original sequences of deus-ex-machina moments from film and theatre interweave with animations, images of nuclear fusion, and fossil energy production. In this way, the work addresses both the potential of nuclear fusion and its problematic solutionist nature, namely the promise of a future technical solution to today’s problems, in an abstract-artistic way. In addition, the work stages the contradictions of the theme through the contrast between the technical status quo and popular deus-ex-machina moments.