World of Matter: On the Global Ecologies of Raw Material

Edited by Inke Arns

Exhibition catalogue published by Sternberg Press and Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV), 2015

Texts by Nabil Ahmed, Inke Arns, Mabe Bethônico, Ursula Biemann, Gavin Bridge, T. J. Demos, Elaine Gan, Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan, Uwe H. Martin & Frauke Huber, Peter Mörtenböck & Helge Mooshammer, Timothy Morton, Emily Eliza Scott, and Paulo Tavares

Artists: Mabe Bethonico, Ursula Biemann, Elaine Gan, Uwe H. Martin & Frauke Huber, Peter Mörtenböck & Helge Mooshammer, Emily Eliza Scott, Paulo Tavares, Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan

German/English

21.5 x 26.5 cm, 192 p.

“The international research, exhibition and online project World of Matter investigates raw materials and the complex ecologies of which they are a part. A multiyear endeavor, it was initiated by a group of artists, photo journalists, and theorists who propose to expand public discourse about resources, especially given the ever more privatized nature of actual resources and of knowledge about the powers that control them. The exhibition presents aesthetic and ethical approaches to the handling of resources, while challenging the anthropocentric assumption that the planet’s matter is primarily a resource for human consumption.” (HMKV)

I translated most texts from German to English or vice versa and did some additional copy-editing and proofreading.