MTalks: Co2 Interiors
Join us in conversation where we unpack a group of archival images to expose the covert narratives of colonialism and slow violence embedded in coal mining’s extraordinary interior spaces.
Focused on the Australian context and instances from the UK, South Africa and the Americas, we cross-examine these historical visual narratives to expand our understanding of coal mining beyond its economic and environmental repercussions—and well into its social, political and cultural implications.
This talk forms part of a two part series by the Global Extraction Observatory (GEO)—a research collective led by Eduardo Kairuz and Sam Spurr exploring how new forms of visual and spatial practice can amplify our climate change understanding. From the open-cut mine landscapes in Australia to the mine-tunnel interiors in the United Kingdom, we examine the aesthetics of energy production and resource extraction to disclose the political, ecological and multi-scalar implications of extractivism.
Event Details
- Date:
- 4 April 2022 at 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Venue:
- MPavilion
- Categories:
- Architecture
Description
Join us in conversation where we unpack a group of archival images to expose the covert narratives of colonialism and slow violence embedded in coal mining’s extraordinary interior spaces.
Focused on the Australian context and instances from the UK, South Africa and the Americas, we cross-examine these historical visual narratives to expand our understanding of coal mining beyond its economic and environmental repercussions—and well into its social, political and cultural implications.
This talk forms part of a two part series by the Global Extraction Observatory (GEO)—a research collective led by Eduardo Kairuz and Sam Spurr exploring how new forms of visual and spatial practice can amplify our climate change understanding. From the open-cut mine landscapes in Australia to the mine-tunnel interiors in the United Kingdom, we examine the aesthetics of energy production and resource extraction to disclose the political, ecological and multi-scalar implications of extractivism.