CAVE2CAVE

Title: CAVE2CAVE
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2011–2019
Dimensions: 130 × 100 cm (51.18 × 39.37 in)
Materials: UV print on mirror foil, aluminum frame

About:
This work features photographs of wrinkled reflections of cave paintings, UV-printed onto mirror foil stretched over a frame. The reflective surface creates a dynamic interaction between image and environment, emphasizing the interplay of history and contemporary technology.

Whole World Overview

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Title: Whole World Overview
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2011
Dimensions: 220 cm (diameter)
Materials and Techniques: UV print on Dibond and 4 mm Plexiglass
About:
This artwork was created by Anne de Vries in collaboration with NASA’s Whole World satellite photography. The imagery is stretched into a circular format (from North Pole to South Pole), evoking ancient Sun Crosses and Sun Wheels.
Documentation by: Future Gallery Berlin

Infinite Value

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Title: Infinite Value
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2009
Dimensions: 5 × 74 × 53 cm
Materials: Three digital prints layered within a custom wooden frame

About:
This work features three digital prints overlaid inside a custom-made wooden frame. By milling out sections of the first print, another version of the same image is revealed, creating a layered visual effect.

Katanga Bub

Title: Katanga Bub
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2011
Dimensions: 35.43 × 56.69 inches
Materials: Mobile devices mounted on a lightbox displaying a press image of the Katanga mines in the Congo, rephotographed underwater

About:
Katanga Bub brings together the extreme ends of the mobile device industry. It is based on a press image depicting the landscape and workers of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo—an area mined for minerals like tungsten and coltan, essential for mobile device production. The press image has been rephotographed underwater and presented within a freestanding display unit. As water ripples and bubbles distort the scene beneath, the screens of numerous mobile devices display clearer details of the same Katanga mine view. This fusion of the earthy origins of mining and the liquefied luxury of global technology commodities explores the relationship between material extraction and digital information. The work highlights the dual narrative: while mobile devices help disseminate knowledge and raise global awareness with the promise of a better world, the rare earth economy also supports problematic social and political infrastructures in Congo. It reveals the recursive links between matter and information, tracing the path from raw material to data generation.

Exhibition views from: Trails Rising at Sandy Brown Gallery, Berlin; The Composing Rooms, London; and Treijac Project, France.

Timetables

Title: Timetables
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2011
Size: Variable
Materials: Wood, metal, ceramic, digital photo prints on tables
About: This piece features photographs taken from the clouds above Amsterdam in 2007.
Exhibition views from: TruEye surView curated by Katja Novitskova at W139 in Amsterdam