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Joan Linder Unboxes Truth and Consequences of Crypto-Mining in Fulfillment at Cristin Tierney

Joan Linder: Fulfillment

Beautiful boxes, long drawings and sober videos reveal layers of e-commerce, cryptocurrency–mining and the wholly human cost of doing very virtual business.

By Stephen Wozniak

Joan Linder: Fulfillment
Through August 9

Cristin Tierney Gallery
219 Bowery, Floor 2
New York, NY 10002
(212) 594-0550
info@cristintierney.com

EXCERPT 

Boxes. There are boxes everywhere. So many boxes. You could even say it’s kind of a mess. Except that this pile of signed, sealed and delivered cardboard is the pervasive variety of Amazon shipping boxes we all know too well––standing, lying, tipped and tilted along three display tables on the second floor of the Cristin Tierney Gallery. So, I suspect there’s a little bit more deliberation in play than an incidental pileup in the office mailroom or, perhaps, in your foyer at home. I lean in to look at one of these boxes, its edges ragged and stained, its face printed and stamped in lots of black and blue. This box has traveled long and far, I think. Wait a second. A sustained double take tells me I’m wrong. Everything on this box has been meticulously applied by hand in ink and paint. What care in handling. Hmmm. Across the way, on a narrow display ledge, sits an upright, accordion-style, mono-color drawing. It’s a long one, featuring a dry, continuous view of corrugated tin warehouses, chain-link fences and electrical substations. What do we have here exactly?

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