Field Guide to Materiality
Field Guide to Materiality, examines the undisclosed and often sinister histories of power underlying the production of seemingly benign materials and searches for strategies to convey information solely through the material being investigated.
Engraved on a standard 4’ x 8’ sheet of Makrolon polycarbonate, the substrate for CD’s DVD’s, water bottles, and many other products, is an alternative timeline detailing Bayer’s long history of social and environmental injustices.