{"product_id":"the-canary-and-the-hammer-lisa-barnard","title":"The Canary and The Hammer - Lisa Barnard","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An ambitious, far-reaching project\"\u003c\/strong\u003e – Diane Smythe, \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Photography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Intensely political work\"\u003c\/strong\u003e – Anjili Raval, Senior Energy Correspondent, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"At once captivating and extraordinarily complex\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePhotographed across four years and four continents,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Canary and The Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edetails our reverence for gold and its role in humanity’s ruthless pursuit of progress. Through a mix of image, text and archival material, the third book by British artist Lisa Barnard provides a fascinating insight into the troubled history of gold and the complex ways it intersects with the global economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGold is ubiquitous in modern life; the mineral is concealed at the heart of much of the technology we use and is, most fundamentally, a potent symbol of value, beauty, purity, greed and political power.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Canary and The Hammer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003estrives to connect these disparate stories—from the mania of the gold rush and the brutal world of modern mining, to the sexual politics of the industry and gold’s often dark but indispensable role at the heart of high-tech industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePrompted by the financial crisis of 2008 and its stark reminder of the global west’s determination to accumulate wealth, Barnard sets out to question gold’s continued status as economic barometer amidst new intangible forms of technological high—finance. By addressing this through photography, Barnard in turn raises the question of how her chosen medium can respond to such abstract events and concepts. The result is an ambitious project, one sketching a personal journey in which she ultimately tackles the complexity of material representation in these fragmented and troubling times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSilkscreened hardcover with Japanese paper\u003cbr\u003e200 pages, 20 x 29 cm \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-1-912339-33-4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MACKBOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135740285152,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0345\/2121\/9205\/products\/cover265_860x_55bb3b9e-14e4-491d-aa1b-33be63a64003.jpg?v=1642033974","url":"https:\/\/todomodo.live\/en\/products\/the-canary-and-the-hammer-lisa-barnard","provider":"Todo Modo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}