Grinding Stone
Jericho, Palestine, Middle Bronze Age
Original 3D scan: Cambridge Museum of Archaeology, 2012
1. Milled: 18/03/2019, 3D scanned: 22/03/2019
2. Milled: 25/03/2019, 3D scanned: 28/03/2019
3. Milled: 02/04/2019, 3D scanned: 08/04/2019
4. Milled: 11/04/2019, 3D scanned: 26/04/2019
5. Milled: 28/04/2019, 3D scanned: 08/05/2019
6. Milled: 11/05/2019, 3D scanned: 14/05/2019
7. Milled: 22/05/2019, 3D scanned: 26/05/2019
8. Milled: 03/06/2019, 3D scanned: 06/05/2019
9. Milled: 11/06/2019, 3D scanned: 15/06/2019
10. Milled: 19/06/2019
2019
Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art
milling foam, museum cloth
each object: 10 x 10 x 20 cm
photos: Pamela Dimitrov
Artefacting
72 dpi image from Tumblr, from 3rd edition print of ‘400 Years of Rock Art’, from drawing by Henri Breuil, copied from unknown painters, 20,000-10,000 BC, France. Restored to original size.
2019
acrylic paint, foam pixel stamps
Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art
height: 5m
photos: Pamela Dimitrov
Acheulean Hand Axe
(a history of the world in 101 objects)
Early-Middle Paleolithic (300,000-100,000 years ago): hand-flaked from flint in what is now France
1929: discovered and hand-replicated in flint by Henri Breuil, French archaeologist and Catholic Priest
2017: 3D-scanned model of the replica, by Emily Terrell at Resesarch Labs of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, uploaded to Sketchfab
2019: 3D model downloaded and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milled in foam
2019
milling foam
height: 13 cm
flinknapping video credit:
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Megaliths
An exploration of heirarchies of knowledge and authority within the museum setting. Does our belief in the scientific method paradoxically evoke unscientific, superstitious responses? If so, what is the basis of the museum’s authority?
How do museum display structures, which carry authority, mirror the form and function of the objects they display, and which structure is absorbing the other?
2018
inkjet print
height: 5m
gouache sketches
3D renderings
Cold Storage
1. Hunting Gear - Yukon Ice Fields, Alaska (3500 BC- 2014)
Stored: Washington D.C. (2012-2014)
Displayed: Smithsonian, Washington D.C. (2014-2016)
Stored: Washington D.C. (2016-)
2. Bridle - Altai Mountains, Siberia (480 BC- 1993)
Stored: Novobirsk Institute (1993-2016)
Stored: Altai Mountains, Siberia (2016-)
3. Snow Glasses - Canadian Arctic Archipelago (1854 – 1993)
Displayed: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (June 2017-May 2018)
Stored: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (January 2018-)
4. Boot - Glacier 3000, Swiss Alps (1942-2017)
Stored: Valais Police Station (2017)
Buried: Cemetery, Switzerland (2017-)
5. Funerary Objects - Volcan Llullaillaco, Chile (1500- 1999)
Stored: Catholic University of Salta, Argentina
Displayed: Museum of High Altitude Archaeology (2007-)
2018
watercolour paper, picture varnish, lamp
8.75 x 11.25 inches
1. Hunting Gear - Yukon Ice Fields, Alaska (3500 BC- 2014)
Stored: Washington D.C. (2012-2014)
Displayed: Smithsonian, Washington D.C. (2014-2016)
Stored: Washington D.C. (2016-)
2. Bridle - Altai Mountains, Siberia (480 BC- 1993)
Stored: Novobirsk Institute (1993-2016)
Stored: Altai Mountains, Siberia (2016-)
3. Snow Glasses - Canadian Arctic Archipelago (1854 – 1993)
Displayed: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (June 2017-May 2018)
Stored: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (January 2018-)
4. Boot - Glacier 3000, Swiss Alps (1942-2017)
Stored: Valais Police Station (2017)
Buried: Cemetery, Switzerland (2017-)
5. Funerary Objects - Volcan Llullaillaco, Chile (1500- 1999)
Stored: Catholic University of Salta, Argentina
Displayed: Museum of High Altitude Archaeology (2007-)
2018
watercolour paper, picture varnish, lamp
8.75 x 11.25 inches