The Offer: artists highlighting the extraction of natural materials and minerals from the earth скачать в хорошем качестве

The Offer: artists highlighting the extraction of natural materials and minerals from the earth

Extraction and the Edge, co-hosted with Groundworks Gallery 30th September 2021 The practice of taking resources out of the earth has become one of the biggest problems of the modern world. Everything we live in, walk on and touch daily has been somehow extracted from the earth. The built environment is made from extraction of stones. Oil, gas, and coal for transport and industry come from drilling, mining and fracking. A whole cocktail of extracted minerals is used in electronics.A huge American project Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss has brought together over 400 organisations and artists to draw attention to the issues and consequences of extraction. Artists are key to raising awareness, to drawing our attention to some of the lesser known as well as some of the most spectacular examples of these practices of drawing resources from the earth and dumping trash back into it. Consumer capitalism has created an insatiable desire for more products - for the latest phones and cars, for bigger juggernauts, tankers and cruise ships. Over consumption has created a global waste problem. Extraction, at it worst, is placing incredible strains on the environment. GroundWork Gallery, the main Extraction collaborator in the UK, brings these issues into general discussion, showcasing some exemplary artist’s projects. The gallery has also organised a series of artist residencies, part funded by the Norfolk Coast Partnership, to look at quarrying of sand and stones and to widen awareness of this industry and its impact both locally and globally. The Offer will highlight the extraction stories brought to us by artists. Speakers Introductions: Heather Ackroyd (CDE) Veronica Sekules (GroundWork Gallery) Sam Pelts, coordinator Extraction Art on the Edge of the Abyss: The US context: Darren Almond, artist, UK, Global issues: Nickel and Sulphur mining: Andres Chang, artist, USA, Geo-engineering and ocean-based C02 disposal Stone and sand quarrying: GroundWork residency projects in Norfolk Kaitlin Ferguson Shaun Fraser Rebecca Faulkner Tim Holt-Wilson