“Power Perspectives”
Group Exhibition “THE END / NOT THE END?”
Goethe Institut Paris (Photo Paris)
17 Av. d'Iéna 75016 Paris, France.
10.11.2022 - 07.01.2023
Power Perspectives is a photo and video installation that deals with the social and ecological consequences of lithium mining in the Salinas Grandes de Jujuy in Argentina. Lithium is needed to equip cars, laptops, smartphones and cameras with batteries. In the process, the presence of mining companies threatens the way of life of communities that have lived in the region for thousands of years: lithium extraction does not ensure that the groundwater used by indigenous communities is not contaminated. The installation provides two perspectives: a vertical projection screen shows lithium mining with the help of satellite images; The same video shows interviews with people who work in or are affected by lithium mining. Horizontally, a series of photographs of the lithium salt mining area are arranged, showing traces of the inhabitants. The artist speaks of the vertical perspective as a surveying and extraction perspective, while the horizontal perspective corresponds to the human gaze. The work reflects on the complex system of worldwide extraction, which continues the historically grown oppression of indigenous people in order to satisfy global consumer needs.
To resume:
PP2022
Group Exhibition “THE END / NOT THE END?”
Goethe Institut Paris (Photo Paris)
17 Av. d'Iéna 75016 Paris, France.
10.11.2022 - 07.01.2023
Power Perspectives is a photo and video installation that deals with the social and ecological consequences of lithium mining in the Salinas Grandes de Jujuy in Argentina. Lithium is needed to equip cars, laptops, smartphones and cameras with batteries. In the process, the presence of mining companies threatens the way of life of communities that have lived in the region for thousands of years: lithium extraction does not ensure that the groundwater used by indigenous communities is not contaminated. The installation provides two perspectives: a vertical projection screen shows lithium mining with the help of satellite images; The same video shows interviews with people who work in or are affected by lithium mining. Horizontally, a series of photographs of the lithium salt mining area are arranged, showing traces of the inhabitants. The artist speaks of the vertical perspective as a surveying and extraction perspective, while the horizontal perspective corresponds to the human gaze. The work reflects on the complex system of worldwide extraction, which continues the historically grown oppression of indigenous people in order to satisfy global consumer needs.
To resume:
PP2022
