One of the ways in which we learn about our past is through archeological and anthropological research.

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Prehistoric objects, cave drawings and ancient scripts help us discover tales from thousands and millions of years ago.

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Who decides what is worth being preserved and what should be passed onto future generations?

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Why have many before us decided to commemorate battle stories, religious rituals, the agricultural calendar and other

information of that sort?

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It’s interesting to consider how our current reality will look to researchers in thousands of years.

 

What information will be kept? Trump? ISIS? The refugee crisis?  Just a hostile image of our reality?

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I chose to present “viral” events from today’s pop-trash culture - or in other words computerized, technological, current,

using the “primitive” archaic technique of relief carving on ceramic pots.

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The visual inspiration for the project stems from Petra, Jordan.

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Petra has been dug up, excavated, and its entire existence speaks of history and tells of past events.

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The contrasts in texture and color, between the roughness of the mountains of Edom and the redness of the excavated sections

of the mountain, create a focus point that lies somewhere between natural and artificial, with a view of the artwork in the center.

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I predict that in the future there will no longer be a need to dig the ground in order to learn about our present lives, but if so,

I hope that my pieces will add some spice to the history lessons.

 

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“Viral” is a commissioned work made for the “Time Machines” exhibition at the Holon Design Museum and is part of the

museum’s permanent collection.

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Materials: Terra-cotta