Labor and working conditions – technology and contamination in different temporalities

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The mined ore is clopped at the Chrysolite Mine
Donkeys are loaded with sacks filled with the picked asbestos fibers
Miners work the blasted rock at the Asbestos mine
A plant worker crushes and sorts the fiber material
The separated fibers are placed into sacks
The sacks are transported to the factories
The material is refined
A factory worker cards the fine asbestos fibers
The material is prepared for yarn processing
The yarn is processed
Female workers controlling the different stages of yarn processing (1)
Female workers controlling the different stages of yarn processing (2)
The restorer and conservator Julian Cech applies an acrylate-gasoline solution with a brush to repair the contaminated gaskets.
The pollutant specialist Christain Hähni takes samples from the muffler.
Together they deconstruct the potentially contaminated muffler.
They secure the muffler in an asbestos safety bag until the results of the sample are available from the laboratory.
They secure the muffler in an asbestos safety bag until the results of the sample are available from the laboratory.
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Titre
Labor and working conditions – technology and contamination in different temporalities
Langue
English
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
Sujet
A picture series confronting early 20th century American asbestos work processes and a present days Swiss asbestos cleaning project. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
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