Exhibition by Kim Rosario, Rachel Lamot & Barbara Lanzarote
@kimrosario: Textile & Sound Design Artist
@barbaralanzarote_visualart: 3D & CGI Artist
@rachellamot: Artist & Curator
Year 2200 somewhere in Predesh (Pεριοχh ) capital of Fahal (FαχL)
-former Grecohispanic and Maltese Republic around the year 2100-
μέλι (Meli-Miel-Honey) and Μελίτη (Melite- Dulce como la miel-Sweet as honey) look at tonnes of rubbish drying in the sun. It appears as supernatural in the eyes of the XXI Century to eat finger food of fake sturgeon caviar whilst all that crap rots out there. μέλι has ordered an A-350 steak as a sign of empowerment and Μελίτη is having Dodo, how delicious it is and how delightful the AC.
Μελίτη doesn´t remove his cap as lμέλι doesn´t remove her fabric pony tail. μέλι and Μελίτη have somehow become fucked up people who flambé with rum anything. They don´t neglect their personal hygiene; underneath their track suit they hide a very radical aesthetic, a refined dame like aesthetic.
Μέλι and Μελίτη exchange now in proficient Greco-maltese their impressions on Glosopeda.
-Πλήρης οντολογική περιοχή, αγάπη μου.
-Είναι ανατριχιαστικό.
-Τι είναι τόσο ανατριχιαστικό για σένα;
-Όλα γενικά, μου δίνει "κάτι".
-Ήδη - Είναι πολύ θλιβερό
-Αλλά ενδιαφέρον
-Ναι πολύ ενδιαφέρον
-Πρέπει να καλύψουμε τα πρόσωπά μας λίγο περισσότερο, περνάμε τη ζωή πολύ γυμνή και ότι η ιστορία μας διδάσκει ότι δεν είναι καλό.
-Δεν μαθαίνω πολλά από την ιστορία.
- Ούτε εγώ, είναι σαν κλισέ.
-Πόσο ειλικρινείς είσαι
-Όχι, πόσο ειλικρινείς είσαι.
Glosopeda gives title to a fictitious exhibition that takes place somewhere in the Iberian Peninsula, Greece and Malta in the year 2200.
The visitors Honey and Sweet as honey attend an exhibition location, let's say a museum, where remains have been gathered and put together from around the year 2100.
Glosopeda consists of a series of pieces realised by the artists within a physical space and finished in a digital environment. Glazed tiles are placed as remains of that XXII Century, that perform as archaeological proof. The exhibition has been created to be consumed on social media and the figures of Honey and Sweet as honey are a dynamising factor part of the final piece. The visitors, that appear in the images of Glosopeda inform the current spectator of human behaviour and attitudes in the future. Honey and Sweet as honey transform Glosopeda into a dynamic piece.
Rachel Lamot
Milestone, Quarz and Gabbro are three of the pieces presented by Glosopeda. Materials are relocated and recontextualised resulting in a compact mash; this mash is then named in Greek, one of the official languages of time in which this Glosopeda society happens to occur.
Glosopeda is a piece by Kim Rosario and Rachel Lamot in collaboration with Bárbara Lanzarote published on different platforms from 21 February 2021.
Kim Rosario & Bárbara Lanzarote
Amongst the multidisciplinary pieces exhibited, we find Abdominal Hunt, an audiovisual production, that recreates an archaeological context in its natural environment intervened by the digital materialisation of artisanal work and textures, recontextualised and evoking Gavin Lucas´ vision of the material world as an archive of the process of (de)materialisation: The tension between the forces of assembling and gathering of materials and artefacts and their symmetrical entropic opposite force of dispersal. The ontology of things and their biographies versus discontinuity, disassembly, erasure or displacement from their original setting.
Ceramic Talisman II X Ice Demon
The first piece of the Ice Spirit Duology.
The ice was never empty. It watched. It waited.
Now the ground fractures and the cold moves with purpose.
We offer as humans a Ceramic Talisman and hold the Ice Demon.
Our work with the depths has begun.
As explored by The Spiritual History of Ice by Eric G. Wilson. At the end of the eighteenth century, scientists for the first time demonstrated what medieval and renaissance alchemists had long suspected; ice is not lifeless but vital, a crystalline revelation of vigorous powers. Studied in esoteric and exoterical representations of frozen phenomena, several Romantic figures - including Coleridge and Poe, Percy and Mary Shelley, Emerson and Thoreau - challenged traditional notions of ice as waste and instead celebrated crystals, glaciers, and the poles as special disclosures of a holistic principle of being.
This ecology of frozen shapes reveals not only a neglected current of the Romantic age but also a secret history and psychology of ice.
Ice is more than a mere substance—it is a symbol of Earth’s climate stability, a recorder of ancient history, and a barometer for global health. The ongoing melting of glaciers and ice caps serves as a stark reminder of the urgency of addressing climate change. Whether it’s uncovering long-forgotten forests, observing the slow but relentless rise of sea levels, or understanding the role of ice in regulating Earth’s temperature, ice’s significance cannot be overstated.In the battle against climate change, understanding the science of ice, the hidden secrets it holds, and its impact on our planet’s systems is essential.
ICE RENDAN X ICE DEMON
Climate change is leading to increased human activity in the Arctic due to melting ice and the emergence of new navigable routes.
This melting ice, particularly sea ice, is opening up previously inaccessible areas for shipping, resource extraction, and other activities, creating new paths and lanes for human transit for longer periods each year.
Rendan Cold Weather Clothing is an interchangeable 11-piece
ensemble designed for low temperatures and is com-
patible with other clothing systems. The Cold Vapor
Barrier has outer and inner layers composed of seamless
rubber with wool insulation in between, rated for low tempera-
tures. Rendan Modular Glove System consists of 11
different gloves and mitts with design features that assist in
enhancing grip and aid in the use of mobile devices.
Covering exposed skin with proper clothing and minimizing
exposure to wind and moisture will become essential.
In 492 BC Mardonios, a Persian general, was sailing against the Greeks when he encountered bad weather, losing about 300 ships and 20,000 men. Herodotus, said that “… some were seized by these [sea monsters] and so perished, while others were dashed against the rocks; and some of them did not know how to swim and perished for that cause, others again by reason of cold”.