Anthropocene. David Thomas Smith. The Copper House Synge Street Dublin 8 Ireland tel fax

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1 David Thomas Smith Anthropocene

2 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.

3 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 900 Print mounted to dibond 1370 Print framed using 99.7% UV blocking acrylic glazing 1690 Print mounted in liquid acrylic 1720 Edition of 9 Lambda c-type photographic print 120 x 180cm Print 2930 Print mounted to dibond 3475 Print framed using 99.7% UV blocking acrylic glazing 3850 Print mounted in liquid acrylic 3950 Duratrans in fractal lightbox 4500 Edition of 6 Archival pigment print 150 x 225cm Print 3800 Print framed using 99.7% UV blocking acrylic glazing 4420 Print mounted to dibond 4600 Edition of 3 The above prices include Value Added 13.5% - not applicable outside of the EU. Please contact us at leszek@fire.ie for a shipping quotation for framed /mounted options

4 BURJ DUBAI, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,

5 BEIJING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BEIJING, PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF CHINA,

6 BIOSPHERE 2, ORACLE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

7 1000 CHRYSLER DR, AUBURN HILLS, MI, UNITED STATES

8 DELTA COAL PORT, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA,

9 FIMISTON OPEN PIT, KALGOORLIE-BOULDER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA,

10 LAS NORIAS DE DAZA, ALMERIA, SPAIN

11 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

12 MALL OF AMERICA, EAST BROADWAY, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES

13 SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

14 THREE GORGES DAM, SANDOUPING, YILING, HUBEI, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

15 THREE MILE ISLAND GENERATING STATION, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA