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Second Nature


  • Kehrer
  • by Isik Kaya & Thomas Georg Blank
With the uprise of mobile devices, the infra­structural needs of the telecommunication industry have exploded, and since the 1980s, cell towers have started to fill the planet. The scenery changed dramatically when an antenna was transformed into an artificial pine tree for the first time in 1992. Since then, this kind of camouflage has evolved into a global phenom­enon that raises fundamental questions about the relationship between humans and nature.

ISBN 9783969000564 | E | PB
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Publisher Kehrer
ISBN 9783969000564
Author(s) Isik Kaya & Thomas Georg Blank
Publication date June 2022
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 330 x 240 mm
Illustrations 60 col.ill.
Pages 112
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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With the uprise of mobile devices, the infra­structural needs of the telecommunication industry have exploded, and since the 1980s, cell towers have started to fill the planet. The scenery changed dramatically when an antenna was transformed into an artificial pine tree for the first time in 1992. Since then, this kind of camouflage has evolved into a global phenom­enon that raises fundamental questions about the relationship between humans and nature. The images from the series Second Nature focus on cell tower trees that became part of the Southern California landscape. The series depicts these artefacts of the digital age as, in Amy Clarke's words, a »societal preference for fake aesthetics over ugly reality.