Breathing two-billion-year old air: MONA’s Hard Core is an artistic journey through deep time
Museum of Old and New Art/Flickr , CC BY-SA The structure of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is cut directly into Hobart’s Berriedale Peninsula – walls carved from roughly 250-million-year-old sandstone that formed when Tasmania was still part of the supercontinent Gondwana. It’s the perfect setting for Berlin-based French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière’s latest exhibit, Hard Core . This is not just an exhibition about rocks. It is about how we humans fit into deep time,
The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart is hosting "Hard Core," an exhibition by artist Julian Charrière that explores humanity's relationship with deep geological time. The exhibit features ancient rocks, glacial boulders, and volcanic materials, prompting reflection on how modern life relies on resources formed over millions of years. Charrière's work highlights the contrast between the slow formation of these materials and their rapid extraction and repurposing by humans.
One notable installation, "Breathe," uses ancient rocks from Western Australia, dating back 2.4 billion years to the Great Oxidation Event, a period crucial for the evolution of complex life. This piece, developed with scientific input, functions as a "time machine" by releasing oxygen, connecting viewers to Earth's ancient past.
The exhibition prompts viewers to consider humanity's significant impact as a geological force and our dependence on resources formed over immense timescales.
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