22.10.2015
Johanna Seeleman er nemandi við vöruhönnunarbraut LHÍ og hefur unnið með ál sem efnivið í sín verkefni.
Melting Aluminium
Melting aluminium is a research project focusing on local production in Iceland. Light, moldable, with a silvery white gleam, the light metal accompanies us in everyday life as a matter of course. Kitchen foil, alloy wheel, yoghurt lid, beverage can, but also in cosmetics and medicine. It is virtually impossible not to come into contact with.
Approximately 120 years ago we learned to dissolve aluminium from the ore bauxite to make metal and aluminium salts. Still a complex and energy-intensive chemical process. Alongside environmental impacts, a high burden on organisms can be quite problematic.
The result is a transformation of aluminium foil into the organic. A communication of these matters.
Melting aluminium is a research project focusing on local production in Iceland. Light, moldable, with a silvery white gleam, the light metal accompanies us in everyday life as a matter of course. Kitchen foil, alloy wheel, yoghurt lid, beverage can, but also in cosmetics and medicine. It is virtually impossible not to come into contact with.
Approximately 120 years ago we learned to dissolve aluminium from the ore bauxite to make metal and aluminium salts. Still a complex and energy-intensive chemical process. Alongside environmental impacts, a high burden on organisms can be quite problematic.
The result is a transformation of aluminium foil into the organic. A communication of these matters.