In this artwork, the artists attempt to mine copper from the community to shoot back into the earth.

Materiel World explores the physical, logistical, and social lives of objects via a highly loaded question: can we keep it in the ground?

Mixing metallurgy and dramaturgy, the artists will attempt to reverse-mine community e-waste for copper, preparing it to shoot back from whence it came. Along the way, they explosively collide with the intersecting laws, ethics, and regulations that guide the lifespan of risky objects: as raw matter, as tools, and as waste.

The word "Materiel", as used in the title, is the military definition for equipment and munitions: non-human inventory managed by the armed forces. From swords, to plowshares, and back again.

In Materiel World, artist Loren Kronemyer is seeking E-Waste from the community - to be collaboratively dismantled and transmuted. Visitors can contribute their discarded tech – from tangled cords to dead devices – which will be mined for copper and lovingly re-cast for an eventual return to the earth.

What kind of e-waste can you bring?
We’re looking for small, dismantle-able items – especially things with copper inside.

- Audio and USB cables (any length, any condition – the more tangled, the better)
- Power cords and chargers
- Old headphones or earbuds
- Broken remote controls
- Dead phones, MP3 players, or portable electronics
- Computer mice, keyboards, or hard drives
- Small electronic toys or gadgets
- Miscellaneous e-waste bits from the bottom of your drawer

NOTE: We can't accept Large Household, Kitchen or Laundry Appliances. If you can carry it in one hand & If it once had a working wire, plug, or beep – we’ll take it.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. This project has been developed with support from SPACED and Contemporary Art Tasmania.

ABOUT F.O.L.A [AKL]:

F.O.L.A. [AKL] is a space for Experimental and Live Art by the misfits, punks and menaces of the world in Tāmaki Makaurau.

F.O.L.A. [AKL] stands out as one of the only festivals in Aotearoa run by artists, for artists by a team of industry heavyweights in the experimental and live art sectors: Nisha Madhan, Julia Croft, Nahyeon Lee, and Hannah Moore.

www.folaakl.co.nz