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Metabolism 69

A choice of 69 truck scans – x-ray images of trucks and their cargo made throughout 2011 by the customs office at the Norwegian-Swedish border at Svinesund, the central access point into Norway by land. The scanner, which is a massively enlarged version of those used for airport security checks, is the first of its kind in Europe. Occasionally, one of the images produced in Svinesund is printed by the national newspapers to accompany a spectacular incidence of border violation – smuggled alcohol, cigarettes‚ illegal substances, even human trafficking. In such cases, the truck and its cargo are seized while the image is allowed to travel. Normally though, it is the image that becomes arrested – retained in the ever-growing data base of the customs office – while the truck is permitted to drive on to its destination. But whilst the latter images have been deemed forensically inconspicuous, they nevertheless have the potential to uncover something hidden.

In keeping with the medical tradition of x-ray imaging as a diagnostic tool, the truck-scans, when viewed in larger numbers, approximate a composite image of Norway’s metabolism – the organism’s intake, transportation, and transformation of matter destined to build up and maintain the country’s substance.

The price includes 5% art tax.

kr 239000,00

1 in stock

< approx. 70 kg all pictures
700 cm (length) x 300 cm (height)
FineArt print / Giclée on Hahnemühle PhotoRag 308 to ensure longevity and colour accuracy | 2012
Limited to 69 prints, one copy of each | Hand signed by the artist | Certificate of authenticity as one piece
The price of the art work includes mounting on 3mm iBond with hanging bars on the back of the plate.
Shipping costs billed separate depending on destination. This work of art is mounted. Shipping in wooden crate, according to international standards.