‘Deep Homeland’ paints a tragic-satirical picture of the future:
Displacement, loss, climate crisis - and the cynical profiteering that goes with it.
Content
Year 2100: The sea level has risen - entire islands are under water.
The inhabitants have had to leave their homes - a tragedy, a loss.
But: in typical human fashion, a tourist attraction is made out of it - called ‘Deep Homeland Park’.
People are now ‘travelling’ to the bottom of the sea to consume the remains of these sunken cultures as an experience.
Interpretation
1. climate catastrophe meets capitalism:
Instead of showing compassion or responsibility, society is turning a real loss into a commercial ‘experience’.
A catastrophe becomes an attraction.
2. criticism of emotional alienation:
The word ‘homeland’ is ironically broken - it is no longer about home, but about a product. Those affected lose their world - the visitors buy a ticket.
3. consumer society & tourism satire:
The song reflects a real development: even today, tragedies are marketed (e.g. slum tourism, museum ships of refugees, etc.).