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Façinations™ — The Journal of Art, Provenance, Science & Civilization

The Journal of Art, Provenance, Science & Civilization

A Permanent Department

Earth Archives

Each issue descends into a site where geology, industry, and culture converge — the quarries, mines, and formations that supplied civilization with its raw material.

In Preparation

Issue No. 1 · Commissioned
The Provenance Journeys

EA–01 · Bauxite Mines of Provence

This issue. The Brignoles basin, the gueules rouges, and the metal of flight.

Issue No. 1Published
The Provenance Journeys

EA–02 · Carrara Marble Quarries

The mountain that became sculpture: extraction, transport, and the making of a canon.

Issue No. 1Scheduled
The Provenance Journeys

EA–03 · Rio Tinto Mining District

Copper, silver, and a river the colour of rust — four thousand years of extraction.

Issue No. 1Scheduled

Commissions open

Photographers and field researchers working at industrial-heritage sites are invited to propose journeys.

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