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Matera, Padiglioni Invisibili per valorizzare ipogei |
Geotrauma Lab engages the visitor into an active dialogue about humanity’s deep future, both on Earth and in outer space. Part architectural integration, part performance piece, it functions as a temporary space where scenarios about the future are being constructed, questioned, and archived. A parasitic architectural structure was built inside the Palazzo Viceconte, starting in one of the exhibition spaces and extending all the way into a centuries-old water cistern. The lower part of the structure inside the water cistern was conceived as a human habitat. During his performance, SEADS artist Angelo Vermeulen lived in isolation in this hypogean space for several consecutive days. When a visitor entered the architectural structure, the artist came up, took a seat opposite him/her, and proposed a series of deep future scenarios. These scenarios ranged from global atmospheric deoxygenation to rebooting human civilization in outer space. The ensuing discussions were recorded and added to a gradually growing archive. While living inside the cistern, the artist was analyzing, transcribing, and printing the ideas that were exchanged. After the performance, the lab was opened to the public.
Partner: Fondazione SoutHeritage
Funding: Matera 2019 European Capital of Culture