Solar plant viewing platform, Broken Hill2018
Artist statement: Silver city is an ongoing series exploring the social, economic and cultural transformation of Broken Hill. As Australia’s first heritage city, Broken Hill is celebrated for its continuous 130-year history of mining operations, the struggle and victories won by the steadfast trade unions, and the pioneering environmental conservation work carried out by passionate community groups. It has always been a city of extremes, where seemingly irreconcilable phenomena strike a balance that has led to greatness.
Today, Broken Hill faces a declining population, changing climate, and an uncertain economic future based on the whims of various extractive industries. In the face of this uncertain future, the people of Broken Hill are driving a period of rapid cultural transformation; away from the extractive, production and labour-based economies of the past, towards a more sustainable cultural economy powered by renewable energy.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
