HANQI LI
BIO&CV
绿色选举：城市矿业
Green Election: Urban Mining
In 2050, the trend of e-waste is on the rise and its hidden value is rapidly being exploited. Political parties campaigning on green policies see e-waste recycling as a way to promote public enthusiasm and a vision of sustainability, thus winning more votes for their parties in elections. But the essence of the Green Party's policies is not environmental protection, but the paradoxical transfer of the post-colonial era, and the expression of former colonies bearing the price of the developed world in urbanization and pollution. Corroded e-waste not only shows the chemical corrosion and secondary environmental pollution caused by metal processing and refining, but also maps the transfer of pollution and capitalism's encroachment on less developed areas.
The installation consists of transparent acrylic panels, and we use hydrochloric acid to etch paint and plating on discarded circuit boards (e-waste). Treated circuit boards are attached to acrylic panels, and a screen in its center broadcasts a continuous stream of green party election news and e-waste ruins from low-income areas. Green LED lights are wrapped in acrylic panels, representing votes from green policies.
在2050年，电子垃圾的趋势正在上升，其隐藏的价值正在迅速被利用。靠绿色政策竞选的政党将电子垃圾回收视为促进公众热情和可持续发展愿景的一种方式，从而在选举中为其政党赢得更多选票。可绿党政策的本质不是环境保护，而是后殖民时代的矛盾转移，也是前殖民地在城市化和污染方面承担发达国家代价的表现。被腐蚀的电子垃圾不仅显示了金属的处理和提炼所造成的化学腐蚀和二次环境污染，而且还映射出污染的转移和资本主义对欠发达地区的侵占。
该装置由透明的丙烯酸板构成，我们用盐酸腐蚀废弃的电路板（电子垃圾） 上的油漆和镀层。经过处理的电路板被贴在亚克力板上，其中心的屏幕连续播放绿色政党选举新闻和来自低收入地区的电子垃圾废墟。绿色的LED灯被包裹在亚克力板上，代表来自绿色政策的投票。
Circuit board corrosion comparison.
The Urban sprawl.