ed. by Nadim Samman and Boris Ondreicka ; with contr. by, Camille Henrot, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Guan Xiao ...[et al.] ; texts by Benjamin H. Bratton, Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen, Mircea Eliade, Boris Groys ...[et al.]
- Author(s)
- Benjamin H. Bratton, Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen, Mircea Eliade, Boris Groys, ...[et al.]
- Editor(s)
- Nadim Samman, Boris Ondreicka
- Publication
- Berlin : Sternberg Press, 2016
- Scope
- 272 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.
- ISBN
- 9783956791444
Rare Earth' is an attempt to define the spirit of an age. Exploring how today’s myths, identities, and cosmologies relate to current advances in technology—through reference to the material basis to our most developed weapons and tools. Often described as conflict materials due to the limited number of easily accessible mines, they are also integral to weapon systems used for cyber-warfare, medical technologies (including MRI scanning equipment), hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, and other green energy applications. 'Rare Earth' grounds our strange, seemingly weightless cultural moment. While we may design our technologies, these tools and weapons shape us in turn. It may seem that we dream the contemporary into existence, but perhaps rare earth elements are dreaming through us. After the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, this is the age of Rare Earth.
- Person as subject
- Guan Xiao, Ai Weiwei (China), Camille Henrot (France), Ursula Mayer (Austria), Katie Paterson (UK), Otolith Group (UK), Iain Ball (UK), Roger Hiorns (UK), Erick Beltrán (Mexico), Julian Charriere (Switzerland), Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen (UK, Belgium), Charles Stankievech (Canada), Marguerite Humeau (France), Suzanne Treister (UK), Jean Katambayi Mukendi (Congo), Oliver Laric (Austria)
- Keywords
- critical aesthetics , installation , geology , anthropocene , war , technology
- Extra themes
- Art and Justice, Criticisizing Neo libereralism
- Remarks
- Incl. notes, bibliographical references
based on keyword
