Alejandra Prieto

Chile
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My work is primarily centered on the chemical elements found in minerals and in our own bodies, in order to connect seemingly distant worlds.
Elements extracted from the earth can affect us on multiple levels. Lithium, for example—used in the batteries that power our electronic devices—also serves as a mood stabilizer for bipolar disorder. This latter connection to our neurochemistry turns the material into an actor with multiple layers of impact, affecting not only our economy and geopolitics, but also altering our bodies and subjectivity.

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