Christina Kubisch's 50-Year Survey at Aachen Explores Copper's Hidden Cost
A survey exhibition in Aachen celebrates 50 years of Christina Kubisch, a pioneer in sound art working with audio, video, and installations. The show highlights her recent work focusing on copper mining, featuring a LED display listing the world's largest copper mines—Escondida, Grasberg, Collahuasi—whose toxic waste poisons groundwater with arsenic and selenium in Chile, Indonesia, and Peru. Kubisch notes that copper is a 'very dirty matter,' linking the material to the production of mobile phones and flat-screen TVs.
Key facts
- Christina Kubisch is a pioneer in sound art, working with sound, video, and installations.
- A survey exhibition in Aachen covers 50 years of her work.
- The exhibition includes a LED display listing major copper mines: Escondida, Grasberg, Collahuasi.
- Copper mining poisons groundwater with arsenic and selenium in Chile, Indonesia, and Peru.
- Escondida mine is as large as Manhattan.
- Kubisch describes copper as a 'very dirty matter.'
- Copper is essential for mobile phones and flat-screen TVs.
- The exhibition is featured in the current issue of Der Freitag.
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- Der Freitag
Locations
- Aachen
- Chile
- Indonesia
- Peru
- Escondida
- Grasberg
- Collahuasi
- Manhattan