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9781942084976: Transuranic: The Light at the End of History
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1942084978 ISBN 13: 9781942084976
Verlag: Daylight Books, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

The Light at the End of History: Reacting to Nuclear Impact presents photographs from artist Abbey Hepner’s decade-long examination of nuclear energy, the atomic bomb, and radioactive waste. By capturing distinct marks in time, Hepner makes visible the ongoing, often invisible, relationships with nuclear technologies.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Abbey Hepner is Assistant Professor of Photography at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She holds a BFA in Art and a BA in Psychology from the University of Utah and an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally.

Kirsten Pai Buick is Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the David C. Driskell Prize for excellence in African American Art. Her second book, In Authenticity: ‘Kara Walker’ and the Eidetics of Racism is in progress.

Nancy Zastudil, owner of The Necessarian, LLC, is an independent editor working toward equitable representation in the arts. She regularly edits exhibition catalogs for individuals and organizations, and she contributes to local and national art publications. In addition, Zastudil participates in artist award juries and grant proposal reviews, most recently for the Fleishhacker Foundation, Creative Capital, and the Harpo Foundation. She received her MA in Curatorial Practice from California College of the Arts and her BFA in Painting and Drawing from The Ohio State University.

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This book weaves together an artistic examination of various aspects of the nuclear industry: uranium mining, atomic weapons testing, nuclear energy, radioactive waste, and nuclear medicine. The book draws on the ontology of the photographic image that bears witness to process and attempts to make visible the invisible. A connection is made between civilian and military nuclear powers through a lens that is both personal and cultural. The book presents a series of photographic works around one central theme but is created with varying approaches that link itself to the material properties of the subject such as x-rays and uranotypes (uranium prints). While there are many examples of work that have been created around the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and nuclear disasters like Chernobyl or Fukushima, there has been less social and cultural attention paid to the pervasive nuclear legacy in the U.S. This book is written from the perspective of a third-generation downwinder. At the time of the creation of this book we are in a global health crisis. Covid-19 has disrupted the world and brought health disparities to the forefront of our consciousness. Places like Chicago and Detroit, that have experienced decades of economic inequality and pollution in impoverished neighborhoods, have experienced high mortality rates from the virus. Recent studies have shown a link between the risk of death from COVID-19 in places with high levels of pollution. While public attention has been focused on the pandemic crisis, the EPA has suspended its enforcement of some environmental laws and the Trump administration has been discussing the prospect of conducting the nation's first nuclear test in 28 years. Plant Vogtle (featured in the book), has been called the “site of the nuclear renaissance.” It is the first commercial nuclear energy plant to build new nuclear reactors in 40 years. Construction on Unit 3 began in 2013 and is scheduled to go online the year of the book’s release (2021). -- Abbey Hepner ― Abbey Hepner

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Verlag
Daylight Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1942084978
ISBN 13 
9781942084976
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
144
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