Pollution topologies. Can extinction have measure?

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01.03.2022
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Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
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CCCBLab
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This text is a parable on extinction and pollution and how they can be measured. In Inanimate Species, Joana Moll expresses extinction and pollution[1] quite literally in terms of analogy: the encroachment of microchips is compared to the extinction of insects. The comparison between these two visually similar[2] groups of beings is a measure of artificiality of pollution, as well as of inherent inconsistencies in methods of measurement. The attempt to taxonomize microchips following the rules of taxonomy for living organisms – an already artificial method applied to nature – suggests a possible way of forging an agreement on shared measures and values.
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Pollution, Measurement, Microchips, Insects, Taxonomy, Extinction, Artwork
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26.08.2022
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'http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/'
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SAVIC, Selena, 2022. Pollution topologies. Can extinction have measure? Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (Hrsg.), CCCBLab. 1 März 2022. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-4265