MAS 005 - Materialien für Ausstellungsdesign und Szenografie media dams and other human attempts

dams and other human attempts to bring water under control

Suzanne Lacy

A radio presenter interprets one of his dreams as an initiation by the world of spirits into the role of a Manaschi

Soils of thought by Ignace Cami is a collaborative publication made together with writer Inge Schilperoord and textile artist Aliki van der Kruijs

MAS 005 - Materialien für Ausstellungsdesign und Szenografie media dams and other human attemptsThe starting point for this issue is a collection of digital images belonging to designer James Langdon. These images around 300 are of a specific type, readily found on amateur archaeology websites and forums. They show objects once buried in the ground, now dug up and presented to the camera. The objects themselves are various and probably not valuable. What defines this collection, though, are the hands that hold the objects: their poses, gestures,