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Philippe Calia b. 1985
Download, 2022Photochemigram (Digital photograph
of chemically treated thermal paper print),
Inkjet Print on Hahnemühle Rice Paper
(HSN Code: 97020000)16 x 9 inches each
Set of 4Edition of 3 + 1 A/PCopyright Philippe Calia, 2022The metallic and cyanotype prints presented here are based on satellite views of mining sites containing minerals essential to the formation of digital infrastructure. More specifically, it focuses on tailing...The metallic and cyanotype prints presented here are based on satellite views of mining sites containing minerals essential to the formation of digital infrastructure. More specifically, it focuses on tailing ponds, where the waste generated from the extraction process of the ore is left behind.
Calia’s usage of pre-existing imagery is a response to the overabundance of images in our current environment. His preoccupation with converting the digital cloud to an analogue format was not an intuitive jump, but rather a dedicated effort to de-mystify its otherwise ethereal network resulting in a body of work that colourfully overlays the material on the digital, the dust on the pixel.Publications
The Golden Pond, Zeenat Nagree
