Sarcophagi, 2019

Part 7 of Unconformities project
Sculpture,
16 materials,
Various dimensions

Since time immemorial, sarcophagi have been fabricated from a variety of materials used to protect bodies from decay but also allowing them to survive the chaos that human and nature can provoke. The sarcophagus is a membrane that separates two temporalities, both isolating and connecting irreconcilable space-times. Inspired from the idea of the sarcophagus as a protective shield, especially at sensitive sites, the sculpted cores evoke the process of ceaseless accumulation of activity, the history of their materialities and meta-materialities, from the earliest cement or entropic fabrics to the most recently uncovered findings. The sculpture offers a speculation about the matters that will be used in future constructions, and which, in their turn, might need a sarcophagus for their preservation.

Part 1: The Boxes 

Part 2: Time Capsules

Part 3: Zig Zag Over Time

Part 4: Palimpsests

Part 5: Trilogies

Part 6: A State

Part 8: Under The Cold River Bed

Part 9: Message with(out) a code

Part 10: I Was Looking At the Garden When I Saw the Sky

Part 11: Blow Up