These giant copper spheres are art, but they also extend past that into true social consciousness. These copper spheres aren’t real but the message that they try and get across is still very important; how much is mining really worth?
Mining is a field that gets a lot of backlash. The poor conditions, back breaking labor and ever-present danger is enough to cause a stir whenever the profession is brought up. Often people don’t even understand what its all worth.
Dillon Marsh tries to add a tangible view on how much copper can actually be mined out of these commercial mines and he does so with some computer generated images. When looked at as a literal amount of copper the meaning seems far less important.
Photo Credits: designboom, dillonmarsh
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