Developed for the Nakanojo Biennale in Japan, Terceira Pedra [Third Stone] proposes anarchaeology of the temporality, vitality, and territorial belonging of iron ore, transformed by mineral exploitation that inflicts wounds on multiple territories and beings.
The images that make up the installation, captured after the Fundão dam collapse in Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil), one of the greatest environmental crimes in mining history, which occurred in November 2015, reveal layers of memories and residual materials emerging from the mud.
The installation connects Brazilian territory to the global flow of iron ore, highlighting the invisible relationships of extractivism, intertwined with geopolitical dynamics involving consumer countries such as Japan. By bringing these supply routes into sharp focus, Terceira Pedra invites reflection on mining, particularly its ethical and ecological implications for both human and non-human communities.
Amid fragments of landscape and traces of destruction, the work invites us to listen to and confront the material and symbolic weight of what sustains the contemporary world.
