Commissioned to create an installation for the Pulse Contemporary Art Show in Miami last week, the Glue Society developed a series of amber fossils as an indication of what could be uncovered millions of years from now. Value is added to the disposable bits and bobs that are evidence of our odd existence to highlight the dangerous fact that what will be remembered might not be the most important.
This reminds me of an illustrated book I used to read as a child. I forgot the name but it imagines an archaeology dig hundreds of years in the future at a site of some US city (I think New York?) and of course they get everything all wrong. The TV is a place of worship. Toilet seat is a ceremonial headgear worn around the neck. Does this book sound familiar to anyone?
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