’If History is water and Archaeology is a vase, what shape does it take?’
Under the sea lies a desert is a multimedia installation at Am Endes des Tages, Düsseldorf, realised as the solo show from August 15-30, 2020.
The exhibition consists of four elements; a series of glazed ceramics, an engraved wooden plate vacuumed periodically, a 3-channel video installation, and a wall of curtains.
The video is screened in three Hantarex tvs and is the artistic documentation of a sigil making happening, that was initiated in June at Texel island in North Holland.
The ceramics is a new series of vases, that materialise the riddle “if History is water and Archaeology is a vase, what shape does it take?” which is also set as the base of the current ongoing research.
The engraved wooden plate is a transfer of a photo-collage from the turbulent Aegean waters, as an instant of time, on a wooden 18mm multiplex plate. The piece is covered with 1mm pvc foil, that is periodically vacuum-formed by a compressor. It is held afloat by ceramic hands.
The curtains are a collage of archival material that continues the series.
The exhibition was accompanied by an edition which was co-designed by Viktor Gogas and features the text of Haris Giannouras made for the occasion.
’If History is water and Archaeology is a vase, what shape does it take?’