The Earth is not a historical subject waiting to be activated by industrial-techno capitalist logic in “new” digital space. Yet, rare earth elements are intimately—and invisibly—entangled within daily life. The fifth annual publication of the Living Room Light Exchange is a large format broadsheet that features work by artists Praba Pilar, Carrie Hott, Maya Weeks, a unique edition rare earth element postcard designed by Tiare Ribeaux, a survey of LRLX season 6 by Elisabeth Nicula, and an introduction by micha cárdenas. Rare Earth: The Ground is Not Digital explores the conundrum of technologies “of(f) the ground” (Parikka, 2015), future natures, climate precarity, and proposes rethinking the entanglements of human activities that place a collectively inherited rare Earth at risk.
This publication will be released on October 20th, 2020 at our October Light Exchange.
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The Special Edition publication 5 includes a complete set of 24 rare earth mine postcards created by Tiare Ribeaux. It is available in a limited run of 18.