“Ground Truth” is a project developed by resident artist Miguel Teodoro.
Ground Truth is a moving image work that explores ecological and cultural realities surrounding aridity. Set on the island of Cyprus, where anthropogenic climate change is accelerating desertification processes, the film investigates the resonances between scientific monitoring and future climate modelling and their infrastructural and material affordances. The term “ground truth” refers to direct, real-world measurements and observations used to verify the accuracy of remote sensing data, models, and predictions. The work reflects on the impacts and possibilities of the ongoing “datafication” of planetary phenomena. Proposing to recenter the body’s environmental literacy as a fundamental part of the planetary sensorium. Can a leaf be understood as a living sensing apparatus in shifting ecologies? Through fieldwork, interviews, and environmental monitoring, the work proposes an alternative climate narrative that is indistinguishable from geopolitical tensions surfacing the island. The research-driven visual essay expands an interdisciplinary territorial analysis that intersects with histories of colonial infrastructural transformation of the island’s resources and current land practices.
Scientific Contributor:
Dr. George Zittis – Research ScientistClimate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute
The residency is supported by the Studiotopia project. Studiotopia has been co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme under grant agreement No 101130939.
Pop-up Lab outcomes
Day 1: Field trip (20.11.25) / Day 2: Workshop (21.11.25)
Workshop concept and facilitation: Miguel Teodoro
Local expert: Nicolas Netien
Participants: Andreana Kakouridou, Caterina Miralles, Catherine L, Christina Zamboulaki, Kypriani Anastasiou & Laila Alassi
