Chris Bierl - A One Storied Country
Chris Bierl - A One Storied Country
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| Publisher | The Velvet Cell |
| ISBN | 9781908889836 |
| Idea Code | 23078 |
In 1957, an explosion occurred at the “Mayak” nuclear facility near the town of Kyshtym in the Russian Urals. Although scattered reports of a nuclear accident in Russia appeared in the Western press the following year, the Soviet government refused to acknowledge the event. The Techa, a nearby river, was already noted for its nuclear contamination despite the dozens of villages that relied on it. Chris Bierl followed the river upstream, leading him to many more poisoned and exploited places. His series shows impressions from the region and the effects of this anthropological invasion of natural landscapes, part of the Berlin-based artist’s interest in post-Soviet spaces.
| 232 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English |
The Velvet Cell
