Mining Landscapes, Traces of Extractivism

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Médias
Landscape of the underground asbestos mine in Chrysotile, belonging to the H.W. Johns-Manville Company (1)
Landscape of the underground asbestos mine in Chrysotile, belonging to the H.W. Johns-Manville Company (2)
Landscape of the underground asbestos mine in Chrysotile, belonging to the H.W. Johns-Manville Company (3)
Landscape of the asbestos mine in Asbestos, belonging to the H.W. Johns-Manville Company (1)
Landscape of the asbestos mine in Asbestos, belonging to the H.W. Johns-Manville Company (2)
Landscape of the asbestos mine in Asbestos, belonging to the H.W. Johns-Manville Company (3)
Dump site in Chrysotile
Dump site in Asbestos
Titre
Mining Landscapes, Traces of Extractivism
Langue
English
Auteur
United States Bureau of Mines and Chazy School Collection
Date de création de l'oeuvre
1921
Inscription
Screenshots taken from "The story of asbestos–illustrating the mines and factories of the H.W. Johns-Manville Company"
Droits
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
Source
Flavia Caviezel, "Tracing Toxicity, Following routes and temporalities of a collection vintage car’s contaminants by artistic research practices", Troubles dans les collections, n. 07, octobre 2024, /numeros/contested-conservation/tracing-toxicity/. Consulté le 10.10.2024
Lieu de création de l'oeuvre
Chrysotile, Arizona, USA
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Sujet
Asbestos mining landscapes owned by a major American firm, the Johns-Manville Co., as seen in a 1921 silent documentary film.
Format
Black and white silent movie, 90 min., 16mm transferred to video.
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