Earth Indices: Processing the Anthropocene is a digital publication by Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke exploring geological evidence, scientific images and the processes through which the Anthropocene becomes visible and measurable.
Who is writing the chronicles of the planet? What are the tools and practices that allow us to read Earth’s changes? For many years, artists Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke have closely followed the Anthropocene Working Group’s (AWG) research on the geological evidence for the new Earth epoch of the Anthropocene. Earth Indices portrays both the natural landscapes from which anthropogenic sediments are extracted as well as the complexities of laboratory processes and the inscription devices they employ to transform the sediment into data that can be interpreted. For the exhibition, a multilayered archive was created that relates the anthropogenic traces in the Earth system to the emerging body of knowledge of a new geological epoch.
The navigable image map and PDF that appear here constitute an in progress digital publication resulting from the artistic installation presented at HKW Berlin 19.05-17.10.2022 and are part of the artwork developed and activated through commenting sessions with the scientists of the AWG hosted by Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke. Taking the installation as a starting point, this artistic archiving initiates a conversation with the process being undertaken by the AWG, as they work towards concluding their research and voting on a reference point in order to have the Anthropocene officially recognized as a new subdivision of the geologic time scale.
Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke Interview about process description of Earth Indices. Processing the Anthropocene exhibition with Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt.
This interview with Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke reflects on the process behind Earth Indices: Processing the Anthropocene, presented at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin.
Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke The exhibition by artists Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke explores the scientific and social conditions producing the new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.
Earth Indices: Processing the Anthropocene is an exhibition by Giulia Bruno and Armin Linke at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, exploring the scientific and social conditions through which the Anthropocene is produced and understood.
