Future Archaeology
The Devonport Collection: An Incomplete Archive by Naresh Kaushal & Jamie Harper
19 Oct 2024 - 12 Jan 2025
Combining an installation film at The Box and a screening in the immersive dome at Market Hall, Future Archaeology offers a snapshot of people, places and things from Devonport in 2024 and invites audiences to respond with their own imaginings of Devonport: from the past, to the present, and into the future.
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Future Archaeology is being shown on the Big Screen in the Media Lab gallery. It has a running time of approximately 13 minutes.
Imagine yourself as an archaeologist of the future. In 200 years from now, if you dug down below the surface of Devonport, what stories would you discover? And what would they tell you about Devonport in 2024?
Future Archaeology invites you to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Devonport by showing fragments of the landscape, combined with the voices of people who live and work there today. Listen to their stories and imagine how Devonport will be remembered by future archaeologists, 200 years from now.
Future Archaeology is a collaboration between multi-disciplinary artist Naresh Kaushal and performance researcher Jamie Harper. Working with small groups of local people, this project seeks to uncover hidden stories of Devonport, shining a light on the everyday experiences that make this place what it is.
Banner image: still from 'Future Archaeology' © Naresh Kaushal & Jamie Harper, courtesy of The Box.