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A slow exploration of a deserted island in Patagonia, home to the ruins of an experimental fusion reactor built by German scientist Ronald Richter.

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After World War II, President Juan Perón of Argentina had Germans with particular military and technological expertise secretly smuggled into the country. Among them was the Austrian-born scientist Ronald Richter, who convinced Perón about the feasibility of generating unlimited energy through nuclear fusion. He received massive funding to build an experimental reactor on Huemel Island in Patagonia, but the project came to an abrupt end three years later. In this volume, visual artist Pablo Cabado makes this history tangible through tritone photographs depicting a slow exploration of the now deserted island. With a comprehensive essay by historian Diego Castelfranco.

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After World War II, President Juan Perón of Argentina had Germans with particular military and technological expertise secretly smuggled into the country. Among them was the Austrian-born scientist Ronald Richter, who convinced Perón about the feasibility of generating unlimited energy through nuclear fusion. He received massive funding to build an experimental reactor on Huemel Island in Patagonia, but the project came to an abrupt end three years later. In this volume, visual artist Pablo Cabado makes this history tangible through tritone photographs depicting a slow exploration of the now deserted island. With a comprehensive essay by historian Diego Castelfranco.

Biografie

Pablo Cabado is a photographer based in Buenos Aires. His work has been exhibited in individual and collective exhibitions in the United States, France, Italy, Cuba, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, among the distinctions he has received are: Infinity Award, Young Photographer of the Year at the International Center of Photography, ICP New York; Mother Jones Award, San Francisco; Antorchas Foundation Fellow, Buenos Aires; National Endowment for the Arts, Buenos Aires; Grand Prize of Honor from the National Salon of Visual Arts, Buenos Aires; Klemm Acquisition Award, Buenos Aires and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, New York. He has published the books Laminares, Cuba años 90 (1998); 37*57’35”S 57*34’47”W (2008); Psyche (2017); Little Suns on Earth (2023). During the year 2018 the book Psyche was a finalist for the Anamorphosis Prize in New York City. His work is part of private collections and museums in Latin America and the United States. As independent curator he has organized the exhibitions, The Dark West by Bryan Schutmaat; Mundo Fútbol collective exhibition with Vik Muñiz, Graciela Iturbide, Carlos Herrera, Stefan Ruiz, Noah Addis among others; Wonder of the World by Thomas Locke Hobbs; The Shibayamas by Giancarlo Shibayama. Since 2016 he has directed the independent editorial project photogramas.

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