One thousand, nine hundred and forty-four years ago: Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered the city of Pompeii in ash, preserving remnants of everyday life.
A few years ago: Archaeologists digging on Easter Island uncovered the remnants of another archaeological dig from a century ago.
Seeing this inspired artist Daniel Arsham to wonder artifacts a Vesuvius-like eruption would preserve of contemporary life.
Welcome to the Future was the result.
Creating casts of modern consumer products with materials including ash, steel, obsidian, rock dust, and crystal, he scattered thousands of objects in a 25-foot hole that he dug in the floor of a gallery. His goal was to create a "collapsing of time" like the one he experienced on Easter Island.
Lovely!
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