Matter, Gesture and Soul (MGS)
A cross-disciplinary artistic research project (initiated in October 2019) that explores and investigates various encounters and alignments between contemporary art and archaeology. The project is centered around two geographical hubs: Fontainebleau in France and the Blombos Cave in South Africa.
Affiliation
Duration
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About the research project
A cross-disciplinary artistic research project (initiated in October 2019) that explores and investigates various encounters and alignments between contemporary art and archaeology. The project is centered around two geographical hubs: Fontainebleau in France and the Blombos Cave in South Africa.
- The primary goal is to create autonomous and collaborative artistic, poetic, and scientific responses to prehistoric art and its contemporary interpretations. The project aims to foster a deeper understanding of both contemporary and prehistoric artistic expressions, as well as the human condition in these respective eras. Participating artists and scientists will develop independent projects while also engaging in workshops, seminars, and collaborative artistic and scientific endeavors.
- The secondary goal of Matter, Gesture and Soul is to establish an international, research network at the University of Bergen, enhancing expertise in transdisciplinary artistic and scientific collaborations, with art as the central driving force.
People
Project manager
Geir Harald Samuelsen PhD, associate professor, and researcher at the Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art
Project members
Dragoş Gheorghiu Professor of cultural anthropology, National University of Arts in Bucharest and Instituto Terra e Memória - Mação, Centro de Geociências
Eamon O´Kane visual artist and professor of visual art at the Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
Elin Tanding Sørensen Visual artist, landscape architect and independent researcher. Ph.D. in Marine Landscape Architecture from the Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU
Maarten Vanden Eynde Visual artist and PhD candidate at the MGS project at the Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
Elizabeth Catherine Velliky Postdoctoral Fellow, SFF Centre for Early Sapiens (SapienCE), Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
Surrounding Group and External Collaborators
Theodor Barth Professor of theory and writing at KHIO
Boris Valentin PhD, Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology (Section 20) at l’Université Paris 1—Panthéon-Sorbonne (UFR 03)
Petro Cecilia Keene Archaeologist and independent researcher, loosely affiliated with SFF Centre for Early Sapiens (SapienCE), University of Bergen
Ã…sil Bøthun Visual artist & professor of sculpture and installation at the Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´
Francesco d’Errico PhD, Professor II at SapienCE (University of Bergen) and Research Director at the University of Bordeaux.
Iegor Reznikoff Professor Emeritus, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre, Department of Philosophy
Torill Christine Lindstrøm Professor of psychology and archaeologist, Department of Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, and SapienCE, CoE
Médard Thiry Senior Researcher, Center of Geosciences, MINES ParisTech, Fontainebleau, France
Marit Paasche PhD of art history, independent researcher, and author
Heidi Gustafson Artist and ochre specialist based in the rainy, volcanic North Cascades of rural northern Washington