VIS #12 – THEME: CONTEMPORARY AR(T)CHAEOLOGY

VIS Issue 12, Contemporary Ar(t)chaeology: A dead-alive of Artistic Re-search and History, was published on 23 October 2024. This issue contains seven expositions that investigate the past with methods that activate an intersection between art and archeology. Editors of the issue are Behzad Khosravi Noori and Magnus BÀrtÄs.

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Leanna Moran

Why I Paint Thousands of Circles

Why I Paint Thousands of Circles explores psychological barriers and multilayered themes that stem from a single horrific event that involved Moran’s father and his brother.

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Paula Urbano

Provenir del porvenir

In Provenir del porvenir Urbano hovers through the fields of sociology, archaeology and philosophy while reflecting on the different mediations of the work: the guided tour, the performance lecture and the video essay.

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Stenar och mÄttband

Marinos Koutsomichalis

A Certain Kind of Freedom

ΆφρÎčÎșα: A Certain Kind of Freedom is pivoting on artistic exploration and re-interpretation of a 'difficult' recent past.

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En karta

Costanza Julia Bani

DARKNESS MATTERS

Darkness Matters displays historic lightscapes, specifically at night, from petroglyphs to James Webb Telescope images.

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Jehanne Paternostre

The Archeologist’s Gaze

The Archeologist’s Gaze presents and reflects on a project on the restoration of ancient tapestries, following the award of a research grant to TAMAT (Museum of Tapestry and Textile Arts, Tournai, Belgium) in 2020-2021.

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Patrick Kretschek‹

School Fire Archaeology

Skolbrandsarkeologi (“School Fire Archaeology”) is an artistic excavation (2022–2026) of SlĂ€ttgĂ„rdsskolan in SkĂ€rholmen, Stockholm, led by artist Patrick Kretschek.

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Barn hÄller hÀnder pÄ en sten