Post on 01-Dec-2021
David Thomas Smith
Anthropocene
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Anthropocene
Anthropocene examines global landscapes that have been transformed by the actions
and activities of humanity.
Smith has created these images using a unique and groundbreaking technique. Each
image is composited from thousands and thousands of thumbnails extracted as screen
grabs from Google Maps, which are then reconstructed piece by piece using Photoshop
to produce incredibly detailed images, a level of detail one can only really
experience in person.
Anthropocene itself reflects upon the complex structures that make up the centres of
global capitalism, transforming the aerial landscapes of sites associated with industries
such as oil, precious metals, consumer culture information and excess. Thousands of
seemingly insignificant coded pieces of information are sown together like knots in a rug
to reveal a grander spectacle.
Questions of photographic and economic realities are further complicated through the
formal use of patterns that have their origins in the ancient civilizations of Persia.
This work draws upon the patterns and motifs used by Persian rug makers, especially the
way Afghani weavers use the rug to record their experiences more literally with vivid
images of the war torn land that surrounds them.
This collision between the old and the new, fact and fiction, surveillance and invisibility,
is part of a strategy to reflect on the global order of things.
The Copper House Synge Street Dublin 8 Ireland tel +353 1 478 4088 fax +353 1 478 0241
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Edition Details
Each of the twelve Anthropocene works is available to purchase in the following formats:
Lambda c-type photographic print 80 x 120cm
Print €900Print mounted to dibond €1370Print framed using 99.7% UV blocking acrylic glazing €1690Print mounted in liquid acrylic €1720
Edition of 9
Lambda c-type photographic print 120 x 180cm
Print €2930Print mounted to dibond €3475Print framed using 99.7% UV blocking acrylic glazing €3850Print mounted in liquid acrylic €3950Duratrans in fractal lightbox €4500
Edition of 6
Archival pigment print 150 x 225cm
Print €3800Print framed using 99.7% UV blocking acrylic glazing €4420Print mounted to dibond €4600
Edition of 3
The above prices include Value Added Tax @ 13.5% - not applicable outside of the EU.
Please contact us at leszek@fire.ie for a shipping quotation for framed /mounted options
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BURJ DUBAI, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 2009-10
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BEIJING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BEIJING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 2009-10
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BIOSPHERE 2, ORACLE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2010-11
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1000 CHRYSLER DR, AUBURN HILLS, MI, UNITED STATES 2009-10
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DELTA COAL PORT, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, 2009-10
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FIMISTON OPEN PIT, KALGOORLIE-BOULDER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, 2009-10
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LAS NORIAS DE DAZA, ALMERIA, SPAIN 2009-10
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2009-10
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MALL OF AMERICA, EAST BROADWAY, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES
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SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2009-10
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THREE GORGES DAM, SANDOUPING, YILING, HUBEI, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2010-11
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THREE MILE ISLAND GENERATING STATION, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2010-11