Matter, Gesture and Soul by MATTER, GESTURE AND SOUL

A cross disciplinary artistic research project that departs from, and investigates several encounters and alignments between Contemporary Art and Archaeology. Its primary goal is to create a broad selection of autonomous and collaborative artistic, poetic and scientific expressions and responses to Prehistoric Art and its contemporary images. It will seek to stimulate a deeper understanding of contemporary and prehistoric artistic expression and the contemporary and prehistoric human condition. The participating artists and archaeologists will create autonomous projects, but also interact with each other in workshops, seminars and collaborative artistic projects. The secondary goal of Matter, Gesture and Soul is to establish an international cross disciplinary research network at the University of Bergen and strengthen the expertise in cross disciplinary artistic and scientific work with artistic research as the driving force. The project is financed by DIKU and UiB and supported by Global Challenges (UiB)

Fontainebleau Field Trip, 8th and 9th of March, 2022

A two-day field trip to archaeological and geological sites in the forest of Fontainebleau.

Day one: Visiting three shelters studying mesolithic engravings.

Day two: Visiting abandoned, early 19th-century industrial quarries, studying sand, gogottes, caves and the geological history of Fontainebleau.

Organized by Professor Boris Valentin, and Professor Medard Thiry.

Participants from the Valentin-team (GERSAR) and from the Artistic Research Project: Matter, Gesture, and Soul, Academy of fine art, University of Bergen:

Geir Harald Samuelsen, Eamon O´Kane, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Elin Tanding Sørensen

and Iegor Reznikoff.

Day one - 41 slides (press arrow to see pictures)

Day two - 13 slides (press arrow to see pictures)

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