In this Book
South Station Hoard: Imagining, Creating and Empowering Violent Remains
Book
2014
Published by:
Punctum Books
summary
This collaborative arts research project compares the landmark discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork discovered in 2009, with an imagined hoard from present day pre-adolescent girls. The collaborators constructed a subterranean installation, generated speculative historical documents, collected and embellished social networking “artifacts,” and photographed the entire process. In addition to dealing with the notion of a medieval hoard as a signifier of a medieval warrior as both hero and anti-hero, this artbook, or work of futurist archaeology, addresses contemporary issues relating to gender, youth culture, bullying, adolescent development, iconicity, status symbols, and additional contemporary tween issues.
Table of Contents
ISBN | 9780692346563 |
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DOI | 10.1353/book.76477![]() |
MARC Record | Download |
OCLC | 1181773890 |
Pages | 172 |
Launched on MUSE | 2020-08-02 |
Language | English |
Open Access | Yes |
Copyright
2014