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Naomi White
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"What we remember is just as revelatory as what we forget.
The effects of our species are literally written into rocks. Rocks act like black boxes, databases, cameras, recording our drive towards extinction at our own hand, through the pollutants we push into the sky.
This work addresses climate justice through buried histories, of racism, patriarchy and homophobia; parallel histories that have been written over for centuries, but which remain as truths set into stone. Through physical excavations into photographs of rocks, I tear, burn and open space to see glimpses of parallel pasts, with images sourced from dominant culture perspectives found in National Geographics, and resistance perspectives found online." - Naomi White
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Time Capsules from the Capitalocene 1 - Naomi White, 2019
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Time Capsules form the Capitalocene 2 - Naomi White, 2019
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Time Capsules form the Capitalocene 3 - Naomi White, 2019
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Time Capsules form the Capitalocene 5 - Naomi White, 2019
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Time Capsules form the Capitalocene 6 - Naomi White, 2019
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Time Capsules form the Capitalocene 7 - Naomi White, 2019
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Time Capsules form the Capitalocene 9 - Naomi White, 2019
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SHIPWRECKED, 2017
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"Using the wind as a metaphor for both uncertainty and hope, plastic packaging is set adrift, menacing travelers from the sky as they drive down the road. Wind turbines and electricity towers form familiar interruptions in the landscape, signs of modernity and convenience, edifices which entrap wayward debris.Distant and invisible forces have such profound affect on our lives and the lives of our children, individually and collectively. Human-driven climate change is causing rising sea levels and is driving us towards an unsustainable future. Will our children have the same opportunities as we do? What will the road look like for them?" - Naomi White
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Arguments With A Surface X - Naomi White, 2019
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PLASTIC CURRENTS, 2012
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"A current is a continuous, directed movement of water generated by the forces acting upon it, such as the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon. Interaction with other currents transforms a current's direction and strength. In Plastic Currents, the every day plastic bag is transformed by light, turned from something familiar into something strange. Undulating and fluid these forms transition from non-biodegradable, reviled plastic bags into seemingly organic forms, imitating the very nature they threaten.
Through explorations of the material I am interested in the way plastic responds to touch, its surface, its weight, how it clings to lighter elements like lint and dirt through static electricity, and the way each bag is its own marvel. By isolating plastic bags, icons of waste and convenience, we are asked to consider our role in their affects, but also to question the transformative power of the photograph and its ability to reconcile a simple bag into something other worldly, full of possibilities." - Naomi White -
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