Both poles serve you highlights the power imbalance between the global north and south, showing how imperialist states exploit the south and impose their lifestyles and views. This work was a part of the show ‘Map ≠ Territory’, which critically analysed maps as a contested site. Cian Dayrit engages in a practice of counter-mapping wherein the visual language of the work is used as an emancipatory means of reinterpreting space. The artist wishes to redistribute the innate power of cartographic interface as he expands the authorship to express the aspirations of the masses.

Cian uses embroidery, often seen as "women’s work," to challenge gender biases and ensure the work’s stories outlive these stereotypes. The colour red—symbolising European royalty—and the use of feathers and textiles comment on the instability of traditional maps and how narratives can easily unravel and ravel. They express a desire to claim agency over hegemonic powers whose division of the world has led to widespread dispossession and displacement. The title of the work can be interpreted as directed towards the imperialist, exposing their role as exploitative masters who are only on the receiving end of resources. It can also challenge the colonised mindset, urging awareness of the current injustices. By using Latin, a language of the elite and the dead, and motifs of skulls, Cian mocks the oppressors. The language of the oppressors is used against them to recreate a landscape where they are seen as unnecessary to the new age. The phrase ‘dives in cibum et cumm imperiu amplificandii’ denotes the imperialist as the owner of resources and food, only focused on the expansion of the empire.