Currently on display in the Schering Stiftung in Berlin, HAND HELD LAVA is the exhibition of work by Scottish artist Ilana Halperin who examines our fascination with volcanoes and their intersection with daily life. Today, March 12th, the artist presents a “performance lecture” alongside an anthropologist and art historian, in order to fully explore the links between geology, archaeology and the visual arts. Utilizing news reports, tourist videos and their own field notes, they seek to delineate how volcanic eruptions constitute “scientifically, culturally and personally significant events.” Seriously, what could be more wicked than living, breathing mountains that perish in a fury of apocalyptic destruction?
Check out more information here about the lecture and exhibition.
