Eternal Artefact

Future Fossils

‘Eternal Artefact’ explores porcelain insulators found in post-industrial sites in Georgia’s Caucasus region as material witnesses to the Anthropocene. Once part of Soviet-era energy infrastructure, these ceramic objects are reimagined as ‘future fossils’, surviving long after the systems they served have decayed. The installation features a video set in a near-future excavation, surrounded by podiums displaying insulators as sculptural artefacts. A speculative tool for reading Earth’s deep history invites reconsideration of the durability, geopolitics, and ecological legacy of human-made materials. By linking geological memory, environmental storytelling, and post-colonial critique, ‘Eternal Artefact’ questions extractivism’s legacy and imagines new ways of connecting with the planet’s layered histories.