"With the emergence of (…) in the human biosphere, due to his intelligence, the influence of life on our planet uncrosses and changes so much that we can talk about special, psychozoic epoch in the history of our planet. Those changes are analogous to the ones in the Earth wild nature in other geological epoch, for example Cambrian or Oligocene, etc. With the appearance of intellectually gifted living creature on our planet, the planet passes into a new stage of its history"

V. Vernadsky, "Study of the Phenomena of Life and New Physics"

The project is about the interaction of human and natural factors, and about changes in the landscape that are most often invisible from the surface of the earth. Using satellite images, Pavel Otdelnov identifies reservoirs for the disposal of industrial waste and collects information on how these objects affect the livelihoods of local residents: some become objects of extreme tourism or a source of income, while others force residents to unite and contact the authorities to remedy the damage caused by these objects.

The paintings are made from wooden plates and accurately reproduce the outlines and appearance of sedimentation tanks, carved from the same material.

In the video created specifically for the project, there is footage from a quadcopter filmed in the industrial zone of the artist’s hometown, Dzerzhinsk, a former centre of the Soviet chemical industry.

Pavel Otdelnov. Psychozoic Era. 2018. Installation

Pavel Otdelnov. Nizhnekamsk. 55°34′43.32″N, 51°55′15.87″E. 2018. oil on wood. two objects 55х80 and 34х24

Pavel Otdelnov. Dzerzhinsk. 56°26′36.01″N, 43°66′23.21″E. 2018. oil on wood 16х15

Pavel Otdelnov. Nizhny Tagil. 56°14′57.7″N, 90°23′45.1″E. 2018. oil on wood 46х32,5

Pavel Otdelnov. Tyumen. 57°04′53″N, 65°38′46.6″E. 2018. oil on wood 34х48,5

Pavel Otdelnov. Dzerzhinsk. 56°22′94.22″N, 43°54′14.86″E. 2018. oil on wood 18х19

Pavel Otdelnov. Vorkuta. 67°30′14.21″N, 63°42′39.75″E. 2018. oil on wood 78х107

Pavel Otdelnov. Arkhangelsk. 64°34′16.86″N,40°36′55.85″E. 2018. oil on wood 24х38

Pavel Otdelnov. Volgograd. 48°24′21.43″N, 44°43′53.50″E. 2018. oil on wood 35х98

Pavel Otdelnov. Kamensk-Uralsky. 56°27'00.32″N, 61°56'32.02″E. 2018. oil on wood 34х23

Pavel Otdelnov. Kemerovo. 55°23'15.78″N, 85°58'10.98″E. 2018. oil on wood 36х75

Pavel Otdelnov. Novodvinsk. 64°25′55.95″N, 40°48′01.14″E. 2018. oil on wood 55х64

Pavel Otdelnov. Artem. 43°22′03.78″N, 132°18′21.22″E. 2018. oil on wood 87х153

Pavel Otdelnov. Psychozoic Era. 2018. Installation

Pavel Otdelnov. Hazardous area. 2018. oil on canvas 180х260. The Institute of Russian Realist Art (IRRA), Moscow