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Swiss psychotropic gold

Title
Swiss psychotropic gold / Knowbotiq & Nina Bandi (eds).
Author
Knowbotiq (Artists' group), artists.
Publication
  • Basel, Switzerland : Christoph Merian Verlag, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Bandi, Nina
  • HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel), host institution.
  • Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection)
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, portraits; 21 cm +
Summary
Up to 70% of gold which is traded worldwide passes through Swiss refineries. However, this happens largely unseen and unnoticed by a wider public. Not only that, it is a centuries-long history of Swiss commodity trade being caught up in colonial, and later postcolonial entanglements which remains largely obscured by public debate. The Swiss mythology of neutrality transforms the often violent and?dirty? material complexities of mining and trading into an opaque and orderly form of technocracy, discretion and virtual finance. At the same time, by being instrumental for early modern industrialization as well as contemporary finance, Swiss trading activities have influenced vivid cultural, affective and moral economies. They have contributed to Swiss wealth, but also to national narratives of independence, safety and white supremacy.00In this hybrid media publication gold together with its entanglements and metabolisms serves as starting point in order to track down the elusive and often invisible paths of molecules, affects and violence. Alongside knowbotiq?s artistic practice emanating from the project?Swiss Psychotropic Gold? (2016-17) and contributions by collaborators, it presents contributions focusing on struggles around illegal gold mining, racialized processes of extraction, deep sea mining and raw material politics alchemic trading of gold, the social history of the molecule, molecular strikes, golden amnesia and psychotropic refineries.
Series Statement
Schriftenreihe des Institute for Contemporary Art Research (IFCAR), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) ; volume 23
Uniform Title
Schriftenreihe des Institute for Contemporary Art Research (IFCAR), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) ; Bd. 23.
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Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Artists' books – Switzerland – 21st century.
Note
  • SD card includes video- and audiofiles.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Exhibitions (note)
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste), Basel, May 27 - August 2, 2020.
Call Number
MEMZ (Bandi) 21-2864
ISBN
  • 9783856169213
  • 3856169210
LCCN
9783856169213
OCLC
1202593662
Author
Knowbotiq (Artists' group), artists.
Title
Swiss psychotropic gold / Knowbotiq & Nina Bandi (eds).
Publisher
Basel, Switzerland : Christoph Merian Verlag, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
computer
Type of Carrier
volume
other computer carrier
Series
Schriftenreihe des Institute for Contemporary Art Research (IFCAR), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) ; volume 23
Schriftenreihe des Institute for Contemporary Art Research (IFCAR), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) ; Bd. 23.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Exhibitions
Catalog of an exhibition held at HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste), Basel, May 27 - August 2, 2020.
Local Note
Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection).
Added Author
Bandi, Nina, editor.
HeK (Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel), host institution.
Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection)
Other Standard Identifier
9783856169213
Research Call Number
MEMZ (Bandi) 21-2864
JQD 21-411
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