Archisource Drawing of the Year 2022

Archisource Drawing of the Year 2022

J. G. Fox's painting 'A Bitcoin Mine (in the Chinoiserie Style)' won a commendation in the Archisource Drawing of the Year 2022, in the Architectural Category.

 

‘From afar this image seems to be an antique architectural drawing, playing on the chinoiserie style popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. However, on closer inspection a highly contemporary scene is playing out. In recent years we have seen stories of huge server farms being built across Asia for the purposes of mining cryptocurrency, colossal in scale and necessitating huge amounts of energy. This strange new curiosity, and the wealth that is involved in it, fascinates us in the same way that 17th century Westerners were captivated by the exoticisms of the East. Reawakening an old style with a contemporary touchstone reminds us that everything was new once; what we feel for new trends today would have also been felt by those before us.’

 

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