Cornelius Holtorf schrieb:
> I wonder who else has been to the Tate Gallery in London recently and seen
> Mark Dion's work 'Thames Dig' (26 October 1999 until 27 February 2000,
> entry free).
> Basically, on show is a cupboard full of finds, nicely ordered by size,
> colour, material etc, which Dion and his team collected on the foreshow of
> the Thames at low tide, in the center of London. These finds were cleaned
> and classified in front of the Tate Gallery and are, as I said, now on
> display inside. There are also several 'treasure chests' with glas and
> pottery and metal and shells, as well as photographs of all the team
> members.
>
> To see and read more, have a look at
> www.tate.org.uk/home/news/09_0699.htm
> www.tate.org.uk/future/bankside/dion/
>
> What do fellow archaeologists think of it? Is it art? Is it archaeology? Do
> we like it (why/why not)?
>
to a large degree, looks/sounds like stuff joseph beuys did years ago
geoff carver
http://home.t-online.de/home/gcarver/
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