This project, comprising two exhibitions, is the continuation of a larger initiative that included "A CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF STONE PART I" (Galerie Cabinet d'Ulysse, Marseille, 2019) and "A CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF STONE PART II" (Sá da Costa Bookstore Gallery, Lisbon, 2020).

Inserted in the official program of the France-Portugal Season 2022, this project consists of an exhibition at the Geological Museum of Lisbon and a second exhibition at the Mineralogy Museum in Paris.

From a physical standpoint, stone is the oldest and most persistent material in human history, as well as the paradigmatic matter of art. However, this project aims to open a field of thought where stone is not questioned as a material for artistic work, but rather as a bearer of information – a capsule that carries a holistic consciousness and the multiplicity of interconnected ways of being in time and space. The project is, therefore, a collection of thoughts on stone as an entity that conveys a significant heritage of non-human knowledge and ecological awareness. How can this heritage be visualized, analyzed, imagined, and how can it be applied to our immediate present to expand our consciousness on a non-human or superhuman scale?

Objectives

• Exhibition at the Geological Museum, Lisbon, July 4 – August 4, 2022 (international artists)
• Audio Description Course for Museums and Exhibition Spaces (Geological Museum, STONE ALIVE exhibition, June 9 – July 17, 2022).
• Conference by Giovanbattista Tusa 'Deep Life. Reimagining our Fossil Modernity'. (Geological Museum, July 7, 2022)
• Exhibition at the Musée des Mines, Paris, September 1 – November 15, 2022 (international artists)

Research Team

Marta Maria Jecu (PI)

Partners

• Museu de Geologia, Lisboa
• Musée de Mineralogie
• Ecole des Mines, Paris