FRAUD

Phosphopraxis – nutrients are not neutral

In this residency FRAUD will continue their enquiry into critical raw materials and  minerals through the material investigation of phosphate and limestone supply chains  from Siilinjarivi and Pargas mines. FRAUD’s current practice is examining nutrient upcycling schemes and their inherent limitations to be attentive to re-circularity and decomposition, or to quote De la Bellacasa, “the breakdown and circulation of matter that rebalances generation, productivity, and excess in a finite Earth”. At the core of this effort is to think materially about the “ecolonisation” of phosphate and lime upcycling, the finantialisation of its re-circulation, as well as its place in non-modern and traditional belief systems. FRAUD employs socially-engaged approaches from art, architecture, and design to develop multiperspectival assemblages inclusive of audio/visual materials, raw materials, algorithms, databases, and communities of concerns (human and more-than-human). In our time at Saari, we propose to conduct a witness seminar and/or a visit ot the mine with the group together with environmental scientists, biologists, and artists working on related issues.

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