25 24 #11 The Alien and the Caveman. A museum for both. by Federico Taverna When everything can be questioned, reviewed, interrupted or accelerated; unprecedented adjustments are required. During the workshop week we will point out a different reality beyond the traditional and fixed principles that define our world. By questioning the symbols and spaces that influence us, we will trace back the sources of our alienation fears. What is detaching us from reality? We will do so by stressing the (metaphorical) dichotomy of the Alien and the Caveman: the conflict between someone who is isolated out there in space, and someone deeply grounded in the here and now. How do they look at everything that surrounds us? Which are the cultural symbols they have in common? Does the difference simply lie in technological advancement? Maybe there is something more that is worth exploring. Our investigations into the concepts of both alienation and connection will acquire material form, by replicating and transforming the symbols and spaces of our time, of previous and future eras. The pieces will be finally collected to establish the first Museum of Alienation. Being museums the places where our cultures and traditions are objectified and exposed, they allow us to understand ourselves a bit better. Therefore, we will employ the same condition to design and inaugurate the Museum Of Alienation. Real objects and spaces will be reproduced, adapted or transformed. Abstract concepts will be given a material form, they will be curated and exhibited. Every medium is welcome in our upcoming museum. We will document, represent, transform, test, debate, draw, photograph, create and exhibit. The search for dilemmas will become our modus operandi.
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