The Anthropocene Project. A Report
A Matter Theater | 2014, Sat, Oct 18 - HKWChus Martínez (Art Institute, FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Basel) and Matt Edgeworth (School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester)
The intensive encounter with materiality has profound resonance in two seemingly very different fields: archaeological excavation and curatorial practice. Excavating the past—in between geological and human-modified strata—is a very matter-sensitive act. The curatorial, on the other hand, appears often as a means of approaching the knowledge-strata of aesthetic forms from a thingly basis. How does the sensual practice of contact with the buried play out in relation to working on and exhibiting contemporary artefacts? Curator Chus Martínez and archaeologist Matt Edgeworth converge from two different angles onto the vitality of matters.
