Working across sculpture, film, installation and painting, Troika’s work contemplates our experiences of and attitudes towards new technologies. Undertage takes shape as an elaborate ecosystemic fiction centred on the idea of salt, in the form of flint, possessing its own agency.
The book is part story-book, part research document. Various forms of text, research, process documentation, artworks and experiments are woven together to provide a holistic view of Troika’s practice and encourage new readings of their work.
The non-linear narrative of the book is reflected in its layout which features unusual typesetting and exaggerated indentations inspired by the shape of pyrite crystals. Careful juxtaposition of images populate each section of the book, punctuated by terracotta break pages. The book’s cover features two die cut tip-on plates whose ambiguous content provides a nod to the mysterious story of Untertage.
Photography: Ed Park
