T(angent)_01

Annarita Bianco - Włochy / Italy
T(angent)_01[tangent - styczna] brosza, grawerowane laserowo srebro, e-odpady, żywica epoksydowa, 100 x 50 mm, 43 g, 2020
T(angent)_01 brooch, laser engraved silver, e-waste, epoxy resin, 100 x 50 mm, 43 g, 2020
WYRÓŻNIENIE GALERII MYDAYBYDAY
HONOURABLE MENTION OF THE MYDAYBYDAY GALLERY
Meristema Lab 3020 collection
Human beings are part of nature as they are constantly surrounded by it and interact with it. Through observation they have obtained information, extrapolated general principles and built up knowledge over the centuries.
If for centuries the “Artificial“ and the “Natural” have represented two opposite polarities, the theories of Postmodernism have highlighted that this distinction has been surpassed: mankind, with its technological inventions, make up a “New Nature”, hybrid networks in which natural elements and artifacts produced by mankind are indissolubly connected.
As boundaries have been blurred, we have entered Anthropocene, a new geologic epoch wherein humans are actively altering the Earth’s geology and ecosystems. It marks a turning point in the relationship between the human race and nature as we know it. New elements, specimens, rocks and minerals formed by the agglutination of a mix of molten plastic debris and natural sediments are coming into view as the first effects of this changing natural history. They represent a tangible evidence of this “post-natural” scenario of the Anthropocene. Could these new formations become our future fossils, as a record of our time here on planet Earth? Could they stand the test of time for millions of years? 3020 project is a possible scenario that depicts a future 1000 years from now. It tries to imagine how e-waste, the physical debris of the immaterial digital era, interferes in geological processes.
Inspired by three main lithogenetic processes - sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic - I have created three different kinds of synthetic rocks, which include USB cable waste. These cables are made up of an alloy of copper and silver. Cut, oxidized, heated and granulated, the transformed wire is embedded in an epoxy resin casting. This new gems are setted on a silver sheet whose shape is the result of two tangent circles which stand for natural and artificial realms establishing a connection first (T brooches set) , that goes towards a complete overlap (U brooches set). Graphical patterns, which are laser engraved on a silver sheet, represent an attempt to put together digital features and natural rock texture: a symbiosis of natural and post-digital fascination.
In T|01 brooch parallel layers inspired by sedimentary rock are translated into a corrupted signal, a glitch noise pattern. In S|02 porous volcanic rock recalls a dotted pattern which refers to hole punched cards used in early computers to contain digital data. In U|03 deformation waves typical in metamorphic rocks become a wind of bits, a visual representation of digital dataflow filling cyberspace. Packaging is inspired by wooden pallets used to transport minerals, geological and archaeological finds.
29. Międzynarodowy Konkurs Sztuki Złotniczej WCIĄŻ CZŁOWIEK?
29th International Jewellery Competition STILL HUMAN?
Projekt dofinansowany ze środków Fundacji KGHM Polska Miedź
Project co-financed by the KGHM Polska Miedź Foundation