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Iain Ball — [Rare Earth Sculptures] Promethium (archival poster I) (1/5 edition)
Iain Ball

[Rare Earth Sculptures] Promethium (archival poster I) (1/5 edition)

2012

[Rare Earth Sculptures] Promethium (archival poster I, 2012) forms part of the Rare Earth cycle of ENERGY⋮PANGEA. The work fuses surveillance technology, security systems, and speculative theory into a hybrid portal, detector, and attractor. Drawing on the mythology of the Winklevoss twins as symbols of stasis, frustration, and sudden disruptive change, it imagines their collective energy generating an exoplanet rich in Promethium — a rare, unstable element with untapped technological promise. The piece operates as a speculative interface with parallel worlds, invoking Bruno Latour’s multirealism and the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Medium
Archival Poster, Documentation Relic, NFT (Ethereum)
Edition
1 of 5
Signed
Yes
Condition
Excellent
Provenance
Original work by Iain Ball / ENERGY⋮PANGEA, 2012. Minted 2025 as 1 of 5 archival posters in the ENERGY⋮PANGEA Legacy Archive (contract: 0x9663df3b9541f882a43dd160396def7846c23749, Token ID: 4156307696). Directly from the artist’s collection. Artist-retained since creation. Full on-chain provenance is publicly verifiable on Manifold and Etherscan.
Location
Blockchain (Ethereum) + Arweave

Notes

This piece might be created in 2012

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Iain Ball, [Rare Earth Sculptures] Promethium (archival poster I) (1/5 edition), 2012

[Rare Earth Sculptures] Promethium (archival poster I, 2012) forms part of the Rare Earth cycle of ENERGY⋮PANGEA. The work fuses surveillance technology, security systems, and speculative theory into a hybrid portal, detector, and attractor. Drawing on the mythology of the Winklevoss twins as symbols of stasis, frustration, and sudden disruptive change, it imagines their collective energy generating an exoplanet rich in Promethium — a rare, unstable element with untapped technological promise. The piece operates as a speculative interface with parallel worlds, invoking Bruno Latour’s multirealism and the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Medium
Archival Poster, Documentation Relic, NFT (Ethereum)
Year
2012
Edition
of 5
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist

Related themes

Science Fiction, Transmedia Systems, On-Chain Provenance, Archival, Speculative Aesthetics, NFT, Bold Color, Installation, Networked Sculpture, Energy, Sculpture, Red, Mixed Media, Surveillance Capitalism, Conceptual Art, Emerging Artist, Documentation, Mythology, Technology, Limited Edition, British, Digital Art, Minimalism, Speculative Sculpture, Contemporary

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