International Women Photographers Series—Camera Geologica
Duke University Press
The bottom right image (on stage) is in order from left: Hiền Hoàng, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Rosell Meseguer, and Dr. Siobhan Angus.
Episode #84
Summary
Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography by Dr. Siobhan Angus is the lens through which we explore the multi-media artwork of Rosell Meseguer and Kosisochukwu Nnebe.
Episode Notes:
This deeply researched and resourced book contextualizes the dark side of photography, the mining and extraction of elements that make printing possible. Our conversation centers on the many intersections of image-making and resource extraction. The deep scholarship of my guest's practices makes manifest the complex relationship between photography, colonization, labor, ecological, economic and social impact.
In this conversation, Siobhan, Rosell and Kosisochukwu discuss, among other things:
Flipping photography on its head
Implication and possibilities of the interaction of light with metals
Extraction of rare earth elements
Process-based practices - artists thinking out loud
Ideas, materiality & visibility
Art exploring gaps and erasure in archives
Chlorophyll printing
Colonial histories
Food policy, manufacturing and distribution
Talking about the past & the present simultaneously
Connecting science & art
Illuminating economics in our daily life choices
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