‘(Entering) Altamira’ Valentin Bansac | laura fernández antolín | Sofia Kouloukouri | Manuel Prados | Elena Rocabert | Oxel Urra | Jorge Van den Eynde

These  snapshots were taken during the visit of the Organismo/Altamira group to the Museum and Research Centre of Altamira in April 2024, documenting one of our visits to the Neocueva, the experimental archaeology workshops, our visit to the Laboratory, and the taking of biological samples from specialists who accessed the interior of the cave. Photos by Manuel Prados and Valentin Bansac.

Captions:

1_Visiting the Neocueva, the hyperrealistic facsimile of the Altamira cave.

2_The group in the Altamira Research Center Laboratory.

3_Photographs taken by the Altamira research team in which the presence of fungi inside the cave can be seen.

4_Detail of the interior of the Laboratory. In the printed photograph, engravings can be seen on the surface of the cave.

5_Detail of the interior of the Laboratory. Inside the box, archaeological remains of utensils used by inhabitants of the cave during the Paleolithic can be seen.

6_Biomaterial made by members of the group with pectin and soil to carry out a tactile experiment with natural pigments.

7_Group of specialists accessing the interior of the cave to check measuring equipment and take samples.

8_Rubber shoes required to access the interior of the cave.

9_Taking of biological samples by members of the group for microscopic analysis.

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Thread:
Ecologies
Artists:
Date:
13/01 2025
Season:
Organismo | Art in Applied Critical Ecologies: Year Zero
Episode:
‘TROGLOSOMA’
Type:
Gallery
Credits:
'TROGLOSOMA' is a research project by Valentin Bansac, laura fernández antolín, Sofia Kouloukouri, Manuel Prados, Elena Rocabert, Oxel Urra Sánchez and Jorge Van Den Eynde. It was made possible through the engagement with different agents, such as Asunción Martínez Llano, Sofía Cuadrado Almuiña, Alfredo Prada Freixedo, Lucía María Díaz González, María Dolores Mesa Algar, Sergio Sánchez-Moral, Tamara Martín Pozas, Simón López Trujillo and María Buey.

'TROGLOSOMA' has been conceived within Organismo, the Independent Study Program organized by TBA21–Academy and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, developed in collaboration with Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira - Subdirección General de Museos Estatales, Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural y Bellas Artes - Ministerio de Cultura de España.