A backdrop on the stage shows the scenery of the story. Here the backdrop indicates the immanent historical, technological and societal contexts of image production that become the narrative themselves.

WEB explores the nature of the digital image through the traditional construction of a jacquard weaving. While referring back to the industrialization of textile industry and the foundation of computer technology, WEB addresses a post-enlightenment notion of "progress" and its possibly apocalyptic outcomes. The work reflects on the relation of the image and mass production and its societal and environmental context and impact.

While desertification is a consequence of global warming, the desert is also where the story begins. The deserted landscape – speaking in a techno capitalistic present – is both an image and tale of origination and end.