Art + research: On deep time

The concept of deep time was central to Cyprien Gaillard’s exhibition at Accelerator. Associate Professor Christina Fredengren at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, has conducted interdisciplinary research on subjects relating to the concept, combining methods of humanistic and natural sciences. In her practice she has investigated how encounters with deep time materialities may act and shape our engagement in issues concerning the climate, the environment, heritage and intergenerational care. In this conversation Christina Fredengren talks about deep time in relation to Cyprien Gaillard’s work, in which remnants from beyond the human era are brought together with current realities. In the second part of the conversation, moderator Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris interviewed Fredengren and the audience was invited to join in and ask questions. Recorded at Accelerator December 4th 2019.