By combining photographs from the national archives of the world of work, shots taken in mining operations in France and Tierra del Fuego, as well as superposition work in the studio, Sarah Ritter's project explores the telluric link between humans and materials, between the gestures of extraction and those of representation.

These images, both documentary and reinvented, question spaces where the ground becomes memory and projection. Through the layers of archives, industrial landscapes and the play of shadows and lights in the studio, the work offers an ambiguous and fragmented reading of the underground world. Both archaic and contemporary, the shapes, textures and lights compose a visual experience that invites the viewer to get lost in the depths – to encounter what sustains us and escapes us at the same time.