Nitrate / Nitrato

Book after the artist’s project that explores the histories and legacies of British investment in Chilean nitrate mines from late 19th to early 20th century and its global trafficking. Through an examination of sites, artefacts and images, the project traces nitrate’s route from natural mineral state processed in the Atacama desert, to transported commodity and stock market value to become, ultimately, part of the material and symbolic heritage of London mansions and estates in the capital’s surrounding countryside. Texts by: Carles Guerra, Louise Purbrick, Andrea Jösch, Max Jorge Hinderer, Pablo Artaza, mabel Loomis Todd, and Alberto Martín. English and Spanish version of the same book.