Abstract
Trafficking the Earth is a collaboration between photographers Xavier Ribas, Ignacio Acosta and an art historian, Louise Purbrick. Their collective research has documented the movement of mineral wealth of Chile into global markets and European landscapes. Nitrate and copper is their focus. The transformation of these natural resources into industrial materials draw desert and city, slag heap and country house, ruin and regeneration, landscape and archive, Chile and Britain, into the same circuit of capital.
| Translated title of the contribution | Trafficking the Earth |
|---|---|
| Original language | Spanish |
| Place of Publication | Centro de Arte y Naturaleza (CDAN) |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Oct 2019 |
| Event | IMÁGENES Y GEOPOLÍTICA. Pensamiento y prácticas artísticas en torno a la idea de la frontera - Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca, Spain Duration: 24 Oct 2019 → 12 Jan 2020 https://www.dphuesca.es/tablonanuncios/-/publicador/curso-uimp-imagenes-y-geopoliticas-pensamiento-y-practicas-artisticas-en-torno-a-la-idea-de-frontera/qDkQpaEm4LMN;jsessionid=BA6EA9F42637A33742BAFDBA3CAD4241 |
Keywords
- Trafficking
- Mining
- History
- Britain
- Chile
