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Upcycling Prehistory is about testing the saying one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure.<\/em> Through experimental art\/archaeological practices, this project theorises material values whilst critically examining my own process of re-purposing 133 unprovenanced flint flakes, decommissioned from a culture-historical museum and originally intended to be discarded. The flint was originally part of a private collection, named after its former owner D\u00fcrkop<\/em>, which was then gifted to the museum. The 133 repurposed flint objects are thereby chosen from a larger set of material, with 7 used for Objects #001-#009<\/em> and the remaining 126 for URO.

<\/em>A key objective of archaeological practice is the ability to examine, interpret and mediate objects that have been disconnected from human influence for hundreds or thousands of years. The meaning of things and their interactions with humanity ought to be treated humbly. Manifold interpretations of the same objects can provide more diverse understandings of the past, though they also reflect the role of the fluctuating present in the formation of these understandings.

Reflecting upon these 133 pieces of flint – likely cast aside during the manufacture of flint tools approximately 6000 years ago \u2013 they seem unwanted or of no value. This thought invited the examination of what happens when separating the flint from its formerly deemed state of \u201ctrash\u201d and moving it towards new possible interpretations. In this instance, a new definition could be phrased as \u2018material consisting of flint in various colours.\u2019

This reframing of the flint objects is an undefined space, inviting other people to ponder and discuss the purpose and value of things. I visually orchestrate the power of interpretation and spatial setting. A crucial part of this project is the reflection on how objects are concurrently part of a human (pre)history and of a contemporary comprehension, and in some cases also of the future.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stefanie Langaa Jensen
Email: slj@hum.ku.dk<\/a><\/p>

Copyright: Stefanie Langaa Jensen
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Upcycling Prehistory<\/a><\/span>
Uro<\/a><\/span>
Object #001 – #009<\/a><\/span>
Silent auction<\/a><\/span>
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Upcycling Prehistory is about testing the saying one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure. Through experimental art\/archaeological practices, this project theorises material values whilst critically examining my own process of re-purposing 133 unprovenanced flint flakes, decommissioned from a culture-historical museum and originally intended to be discarded. The flint was originally part of a private collection,… Continue reading Upcycling Prehistory<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":137,"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcyclingprehistory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}