In January 2009 Michael Najjar stood on the summit of Mount Aconcagua,
at 6,962 meters the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas.
The photographic material gathered in the course of the three week trek forms
the basis of the “high altitude” work series.
The series visualizes the development of the leading
global stock market indices over the past 20-30 years.
The virtual data of the stock market charts are resublimated in the craggy materiality
of the Argentinean mountainscape.
The jagged rock formations of “high altitude” are emblematic of the thin edge
separating reality and simulation. (see biography)
silver arrow – 2011
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NASDAQ_80-09 – 2009
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BOVESPA_93-09 – 2009
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RTS_90-09 – 2009
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NIKKEI_66 - 09 – 2009
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HANGSENG_80-09 – 2009
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SENSEX_83-09 – 2009
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LEHMAN_92-08 – 2009
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DAX_80-09 – 2009
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netropolis / sao paulo – 2004
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netropolis / tokyo – 2004
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netropolis / peking – 2004
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netropolis / mexico – 2004
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netropolis / los angeles – 2004
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netropolis / berlin – 2004
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netropolis / london – 2004
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Installation view
Studio la Città - 2010
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