The acceleration of global trade, in tech goods and information has increased the disparities of wealth in technology consumerism. The corrugated cardboard from a luxury tech commodity is permanently cast and ‘foreverized’ in metal. The now unstoppable object is not dissimilar in texture and purpose to that of containerization and the (corrugated) steel shipping box.
The Air Purifier-- yet another feeble attempt at immortality; it’s packaging, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells.
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Credits: Curator- Julia Geerlings and BEAR Fine Art; Photographer- Django van Ardenne