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Iain Ball — Old Earth: Reactivation Sequence #2
Iain Ball

Old Earth: Reactivation Sequence #2

2010

Old Earth: Reactivation Sequence #2 (2025 reactivation) is a techno-occult assemblage that fuses the Technological Macabre with Future-Primitivism. A man fused with a smartphone strapped to his face — a contemporary cyborg appendage — stares alongside a large reptilian fossil-like form, while decaying corporate architecture (Sony) and obsolete consumer objects collapse into a single ritualistic image. This work reactivates early Old Earth Objects explorations, exposing the occult undercurrents of consumer technology: the devotional worship of brands, the prosthetic extension of the self into machines, and the slow entropic decay of late-capitalist artefacts.

Medium
Digital Collage, NFT (Ethereum)
Signed
Yes
Condition
Excellent
Provenance
Original concept by Iain Ball, late 2000s. Reactivated and minted 2025 as part of the Old Earth: Reactivation Sequence. Minted as a 1/1 ERC-721 NFT on Ethereum (contract: 0x1ad27c5339d95eb08ad16bfddbbbfef73f8fccba, Token ID: 2). Directly from the artist’s collection. Artist-retained since creation. Full on-chain provenance is publicly verifiable on Etherscan and OpenSea.
Location
Blockchain (Ethereum) + Arweave

Notes

This piece might be titled "Old Earth: Reactivation Sequence #2", created in 2010

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Iain Ball, Old Earth: Reactivation Sequence #2, 2010

Old Earth: Reactivation Sequence #2 (2025 reactivation) is a techno-occult assemblage that fuses the Technological Macabre with Future-Primitivism. A man fused with a smartphone strapped to his face — a contemporary cyborg appendage — stares alongside a large reptilian fossil-like form, while decaying corporate architecture (Sony) and obsolete consumer objects collapse into a single ritualistic image. This work reactivates early Old Earth Objects explorations, exposing the occult undercurrents of consumer technology: the devotional worship of brands, the prosthetic extension of the self into machines, and the slow entropic decay of late-capitalist artefacts.

Medium
Digital Collage, NFT (Ethereum)
Year
2010
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist

Related themes

Surrealism, Consumer Culture, Assemblage, Living Artist, Techno-Occult, Conceptual, NFT, Emerging, Mixed Media, Surveillance Capitalism, Collage, Muted Tones, Social Commentary, Urban, Portrait, Narrative, Unique, Technology Critique, British, Architecture, Digital Art, Contemporary

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