The “Eroded DeLorean” and the Future Relics of Daniel Arsham

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Contemporary American artist Daniel Arsham develops the conflict between future and past in a beautiful project with the oxymoronic name, Future Relic, which aims to show how modern everyday objects will be discovered and perceived in the future as relics by archaeologists. His project evokes the future and the passage of time through his recent works.

As a sculptor, scenographer, designer, director and architect, Arsham grew up in Miami and witnessed the 1992 Hurricane Andrew disaster. The view of the devastated city started an obsession, which is now a guiding thread in his work.

While most of his sculptures are monochrome, going from black to white, it’s because the artist is color-blind. He likes to refer his works to the viewer as he perceives them, without color, thus focusing on the neutral and purely architectural aspect of each object.

His attention is more on the materials he uses: from rock dust to volcanic ash through marble, sand and pink quartz. Each of these materials allows him to explore the erosion caused by time on common objects. This interest in the object led him to found his own design studio, Snarkitecture, for which he designed many objects, all functional.

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Some things take time to create.

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Found in archives

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3200 lbs. of Quartz. 1986testarossaquartz.jpg

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Thinking process.

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Geological materials

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Futur tech

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1992-3018

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The shelves behind my desk

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