Nicholas Mangan, Termite Economies Phase 3 (Trophallaxis), 2019.
Nicholas Mangan, Termite Economies Phase 3 (Trophallaxis), 2019. (detail)
Nicholas Mangan, Termite Economies Phase 3 (Trophallaxis), 2019. (detail)
Nicholas Mangan, Termite Economies Phase 3 (Trophallaxis), 2019.
Nicholas Mangan, Termite Economies Phase 3 (Trophallaxis), 2019.
Termite Economies Phase 3 (Trophallaxis), 2019
Polymethyl methacrylate, resin, acrylic paint, steel, plywood, fluorescent light
23.1 × 75 × 51.5 cm | 9 1/8 × 29 1/2 × 20 1/4 in.
Edition 1/1 + 1 AP
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Mexico City
$25,000
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In Termite Economies (Phase 1) Mangan researched an anecdote that termite abilities might one day lead humans to gold deposits. Phase 2 explored termite eusociality, pheromonal communication, building behavior, biomimicry, superorganism and swarm intelligence. Phase 3 deployed termite collectivism as a speculative model for rerouting human neural pathways. Within each phase, Mangan developed specific methods to explore these phenomena formally, spatially, and through moving images.
Termite Economies grappled with the potentiality of collective social behavior and complexities of systematic exploitation of non-human intelligence.
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