NITRATE

Xavier Ribas

NITRATE

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Abstract

This extensive collection of photographic and moving image works made across 2009-14 charts the history of nitrate extraction in the Chilean Atacama Desert. A non-renewable natural resource, Nitrate was extensively mined in Northern Chile between the 1870s and 1920s, mostly by British companies who, in a relatively short space of time, transformed a portion of the Atacama Desert into an industrial landscape. Sodium nitrate was traded mainly as a natural fertiliser but it was also used in the manufacture of explosives; a crucial ingredient for the acceleration of both life and death.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	The Bluecoat Liverpool
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2015
Event	Nitrate - The Bluecoat Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Duration: 11 Apr 2015 → 5 Jul 2015 http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/events/view/exhibitions/2722

Keywords

Nitrae
mining
Globalisation
capitalism

Xavier Ribas
- X.Ribasbrighton.acuk
- School of Art and Media - Senior Lecturer
- Photography Research Excellence Group
Person: Academic

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