Treasures of Rhome
by Joshua Goode
- Printed in France
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Exhibition available in several formats.
Joshua Goode travels the world staging archaeological digs. In these performances, he draws inspiration from amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the city of Troy, as well as elaborate hoaxes, such as the Piltdown Man hoax. With the complicity of the scientific community, Joshua Goode
invents alternative stories and mythologies.
He "discovers" his own versions of historical artifacts, crafted from objects from his youth spent on Texas ranches (baseball cards, GI Joe figurines, POGS, etc.) and transforms them into ancient and emblematic objects of lost civilizations. A historian by training, he demonstrates the malleability of our past, present, and future.
“I created the fictional Aurora-Rhoman civilization based in Texas, inspired by the achievements of major historical figures. (…) My fake research institute, the Aurora-Rhoman Institute for Archaeology and Cultural Relics, examines the remains of my ancient civilization unearthed in locations around the world. I use my “discoveries” to manipulate and verify my invented civilization. The archaeological performance and installation begins with extensive historical research and ends with an exhibition. The discoveries and claims are false and absurdly comic, but based on real research.”
• Outdoors: choose locations where people take a walk and/or where there is a lot of foot traffic: in the centre of the town, near a school, in a public garden or along a walking trail... And if possible, on flat ground!
• Indoors: reception hall, office, waiting room, dining room, meeting room - choose the best-lit space.
CAUTION: If the space where you are displaying the exhibition is slightly damp, we recommend purchasing eight simple frames of the same size (50 x 70 cm) to protect the prints.
The papers we have chosen for printing our exhibitions meet two essential criteria, among others: beautiful colour rendering and durability.
• Exhibitions intended for outdoor display are printed on high-quality 130gsm blue-backed paper.
• For exhibitions intended for indoor display, we have chosen a 550gsm semi-rigid paper to which we attach a simple hanging system. These panels can therefore be hung on a single nail or framed if they are to be displayed in a slightly damp location.
For outdoor displays, our poster formats have been chosen to best suit “election” billboards:
• Large outdoor format (84 x 119 cm) for maximum impact. With one poster per billboard, you will need eight in total.
• Small outdoor format (63 x 93 cm) so that two posters can be placed on the same billboard... meaning you only need to install four billboards.
• Indoor exhibition (50 x 70 cm): 8 prints to hang on 5 linear metres of free wall space.
Full view of the exhibition
