Neo-Archéologia #2

The vacant lots are like vestiges, they constitute our contemporary archeology, the transition between two temporalities, between two ci- vilizational existences. What remains of our forgetfulness? Everyday objects, decrepit wallpaper, steel rods rising from cinder- block, as many clues, spectrums, tracks to reconstruct. The calm, hovering, mysterious, virgin of all presence. This is to highlight the «supernaturation» of these remains. Faced with the finds of a distant past, the Romans adopted a singular attitude. As P. Jockey evokes, in his book, archeology: «They ignored what were these objects - that is, objects created by the hand of man - rather len- ding them a over-natural origin.» This is the case, for example, of «fulmini stones» or «thunder stones», simple tools or weapons of the Stone Age which for the Roman empe- ror Galba, became an omen for his destiny as emperor. What power can we give to the artifacts around us? The «superna- turalistaion» also inhabits the adoration of relics, bones, and other remains. Man needs to give meaning to his origins.