| Pop Arch: Archaeological Appropriations of Contemporary Art |
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Vasko Démou
University of Southampton
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Description:
Artists are frequently inspired by the past, creating narratives which are often dissonant with those of archaeologists. Adopting a broad definition of art (inclusive of popular, 'middle-' and 'low-brow' art) and the conviction that all art is historical and contingent to its time, my research constitutes an "ethnography" of contemporary ideas about the Acropolis. By looking at how the 'Sacred Rock' is appropriated and reflected in contemporary artworks -- as well as the public reactions to these artworks -- I aspire to understand at once the meanings that contemporary Greeks attribute to the Acropolis and their reactions to official archaeological narratives. Although essentially site-specific, my research will integrate the (potential) critique of archaeological practice and, ideally, result in a framework for a theoretically informed, contextualised incorporation of contemporary art into archaeological discourse. |
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| Related outputs include Renegade Pieces: A Site-Specific, Ethnographic Tool in the Making, presented at the 2009 Visualisation in Archaeology workshop, Southampton, UK. |
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