To “mine” is to extract physical materials from the earth – or to draw data from the landscape of information. Through gamified visual metaphors, ecological references, and allusions to corporate culture, Mine draws connections between the climate concerns, precarious labor conditions, and forces of technological development that converge in the technological present. The implications of mining’s multiple meanings – from siphoning rare earth resources to collecting and monetizing digital user data – are dramatized through a human-sized “Amazon worker cage”, an AR rendering of the endangered King Island Brown Thornbill, and a large-scale board game, “Extractor”, which doubles as an exhibition catalogue. In its 2021 incarnation for Petzel Gallery, the project also included a series of “NFT Mine Offsets”, extending these lines of inquiry to explore how blockchain technologies are implicated in questions of both data and resource extraction.
Exhibitions
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Petzel Gallery, New York, US2021
Mine
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Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K21, Düsseldorf, DE2020
Mine
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MONA – Museum of Old and New Art, Berriedale, AU2019
Mine
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Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, CH2019
Circular Flow
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de Young Museum, San Francisco, US2020
Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of Ai
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Fine Arts, Sydney, Paddington, AU2020
Worker Cage Document Reliefs
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La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Mulhouse, FR2020
Algotaylorism
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Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg–Platz, Berlin, DE2021
Activist Neuroaesthetics: Part 3: Telepathy and New Labor
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Kunstverein Leipzig, Leipzig, DE2021
Baroque Topologies
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6th Ural Biennial, Jekaterinburg, RU2021
A Time to Embrace and to Refrain from Embracing
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Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden Baden, DE2021
State and Nature
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Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE2021
Opening the Space. Works from the Collection in Light of Current Issues
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The Drawing Center, New York, US2020
100 Drawings from Now
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Annka Kultys Gallery, London, GB2019
Quid est veritas?
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DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, CZ2022
#Datamaze: Hybrid Condition
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Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE2022
Merge
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Galerie Alte Schule Adlershof, Berlin, DE2023
Brave new work
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National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW2023
Are you working now
Artworks
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Amazon delivery drone patent drawing as virtual Rio Tinto mineral globe (US 10,246,186 Bl: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH INFLATABLE MEMBRANE, 2019)
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Document Relief 24 (Amazon Delivery Drone Patent)
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Document Relief 27 (Amazon Delivery Drone Patent)
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane supreme court, Transmin Semi-autonomous rock breaking boomer
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane supreme court, Caterpillar Semi-autonomous longwall coal mining roof support system
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane supreme court, Airobotics Autonomous drone and docking station
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Caterpillar Inc. semi-autonomous longwall coal mining roof support system promotion screen video token
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Document Relief 26 (Amazon Delivery Drone Patent)
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NFT Mine Offset: Ethereum Kryptowährung Mining-Rig
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NFT Mine Offset: ETH Ethereum Miner 3 GPUs
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Document Relief 25 (Amazon Delivery Drone Patent)
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Caterpillar Inc. semi-autonomous longwall coal mining roof support system cardboard display
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Transmin semi-autonomous rock breaking boomer HD-100 RockLogic Extractor pop display
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Airobotics Optimus Autonomous drone and docking station Extractor pop display
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Joy Global semi-autonomous longwall coal mining 7LS8 shearer cardboard display
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane supreme court, Joy Global (Komatsu) Semi-autonomous longwall coal mining shearer
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Amazon Worker Cage Patent (US 9,280,157 B2: “System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace”, 2016) with King Island Brown Thornbill renders
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Document Relief Study 2 (Amazon Worker Cage Patent)
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Document Relief 2 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 6 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 7 (Amazon Worker Cage Patent)
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Caterpillar Biometric worker fatigue monitoring smartband Extractor pop display
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Epiroc Down-the-hole drill rig simulator SmartRoc D65 cardboard display
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Rio Tinto fully autonomous haulage train Autohaul – Retrofitted General Electric Transportation ES44DCI Extractor pop display
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HireVue Automated hiring platform Extractor pop display
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Digital Globe ESRI Earth observation WorldView-4 satellite Extractor pop display
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane Supreme Court, Caterpillar Autonomous haul truck
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane Supreme Court, Caterpillar Biometric worker fatigue monitoring wristband
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane Supreme Court, Epiroc Down-the-hole drill rig simulator
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane Supreme Court, HireVue Automated hiring platform
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane Supreme Court, Rio Tinto Fully autonomous haulage train
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Speculative accountability trial courtroom sketch: Brisbane supreme court, Esri WorldView-4 Earth observation satellite
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Caterpillar Haul Truck Minecraft capture
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Caterpillar Smartband Minecraft capture
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Epiroc Minecraft capture
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HireVue hiring Minecraft capture
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Rio Tinto Train Minecraft capture
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Document Relief Study 1 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Airobotics Optimus Autonomous drone and docking station promotion screen video token
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Caterpillar Inc. Autonomous haul 793F Mining Truck promotion screen video token
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Caterpillar Inc. Biometric worker fatigue monitoring smartband promotion screen video token
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Digital Globe ESRI Earth observation WorldView-4 satellite promotion screen video token
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Epiroc Down-the-hole drill rig simulator SmartRoc D65 promotion screen video token
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HireVue Automated hiring platform promotion screen video token
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Joy Global semi-autonomous longwall coal mining 7LS8 shearer promotion screen video token
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Rio Tinto fully autonomous haulage train Autohaul – Retrofitted General Electric Transportation ES44DCI promotion screen video token
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Transmin semi-autonomous rock breaking boomer HD-100 RockLogic promotion screen video token
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Caterpillar Inc. Autonomous haul 793F Mining Truck Extractor pop display
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Extractor Board Game XL Display Prototype
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Amazon Fuel The Future AWS is how Huston airport advertising @emahlee
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Amazon worker cage patent drawing as virtual King Island Brown Thornbill cage (US 9,280,157 B2: “System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace”, 2016)
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Amazon Worker Cage Patent (US 9,280, 157 B2: “System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace”, 2016) with King Island Brown Thornbill renders 5
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Amazon worker cage projection (US 9,280,157 B2: “System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace”, 2016)
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Document Relief 4 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 5 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 8 (Amazon Worker Cage Patent)
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Document Relief 18 (Amazon Worker Cage Patent)
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Document Relief 21 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 19 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 20 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 22 (Amazon Worker Cage Patent)
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Document Relief 1 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 3 (Amazon Worker Cage patent)
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Document Relief 28 (Amazon Delivery Drone patent)
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Amazon worker cage patent drawing as virtual Aquatic Warbler cage (US 9,280,157 B2: “System and method for transporting personnel within an active workspace”, 2016), 2020
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Extractor screen 1
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Distressed Caterpillar SmartBand Mining Automation Worker Fatigue Tracker Promotion Screen
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King Island Brown Thornbill –the Canary in the Coalmine