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CICATRIX





Chino Mine , 2023
Location: Santa Rita, New Mexiko, USA Extraction: Copper

Info about the mine: here Satellite Image: here





Cicatrix is a series of drawings generated from topographic data of open pit mines from all around the world. The voracious appetite for resources has resulted in scars of enormous dimensions in an otherwise mostly untouched landscape. A terrain analysis using satellite data was combined with a flow path algorithm based on elevation data. The result is a delicate drawing that contrasts with the brute extraction methods and relates the seduction of limitless consumption with the destruction of the environment.






Nanfen Mine, 2023
Location: Benxi, Liaoning, China Extraction: Iron

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La Escondida, 2023
Location: Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Region, Chile Extraction: Copper

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Mir Mine, 2023
Location: Mirny, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia Extraction: Diamonds

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Betze Post, 2023
Location: Eureka County, Nevada, USA Extraction: Gold

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Corta Atalaya, 2023
Location: Huelva, Andalusia, Spain Extraction: Copper

Info about the mine: here Satellite Image: here







Diavik Diamond Mine, 2023
Location: North Slave Region, Northwest Territories, Canada Extraction: Diamonds

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Grasberg Mine, 2023
Location: Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia Extraction: Copper, Silver, Gold

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Udachnaya Pipe, 2023
Location: Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field, Sakha Republic, Russia Extraction: Diamonds

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Toque Pala, 2023
Location: Provincia de Jorge Basadre, Departamento de Tacna, Peru Extraction: Copper

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Rössing Mine, 2023
Location: Namib Desert, Erongo, Namibia Extraction: Uranium

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Bingham Canyon Mine, 2023
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Extraction: Copper

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Muruntau, 2023
Location: Kyzylkum Desert, Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan Extraction: Gold

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Big Hole, 2023
Location: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa Extraction: Diamonds

Info about the mine: here Satellite Image: here







Chuquicamata, 2023
Location: Antofagasta Region, Chile Extraction: Copper

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DETAILS







Detail of Corta Atalaya







Detail of Diavik Diamond Mine







Detail of Rössing Mine







Detail of Grasberg Mine