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Chris Jordan met en images des statistiques qui choquent

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Chris jordan est un artiste qui nous montre une vision saisissante de ce à quoi la culture occidentale ressemble. Ses images surdimensionnées illustrent des statistiques quasi inimaginables, comme l'étonnant nombre de gobelets en carton que nous utilisons chaque jour.

Chris Jordan runs the numbers on modern American life -- making large-format, long-zoom artwork from the most mindblowing data about our stuff. Full bio »

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Reviewed by Danith YONG
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