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Gold Land

2009–10 · photography + video art · 3-channel video installation · Sakha

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A 3-channel video created in Sakha, Yakutia examining “interaction of cultures and influence of gold mining industry on Sakha land.”

Channel 1 features a soil processing technician extracting gold, paired with original audio and sounds of children during baptism.

Channel 2 documents land within an opencast mine, combining extraction sounds with traditional Yakutian songs celebrating the land’s beauty and romantic themes.

Channel 3 shows gold being cleaned after smelting.

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