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SITE : VESSEL
Noell El Farol
The vessel can describe the role and significance for people's social life and progress. Built and formed in tradition, it presents the past human activity as in the case of food debris found in unearthed ceramics. Vessels containing animal and fish bone fragments represent a cultural unit in time.
The idea of the vessel, both as pottery vessel and a sea vessel is a useful indicator of the passage of time. Pottery is a key factor in many areas of archaeological interpretation. Similarities between the pottery of different cultures can provide evidence of relationships. Influences emerge in trade, technology and other relations, sometimes of a very specific order. Similarly, sea vessels provide evidence of explorers, traders and their origins.
To travel by water, whether by paddling, rowing or sailing, any sea vessel serves as a bridge, connecting people by inter-island channels and seas, linking island societies.
In manoeuvring a vessel, the winds determine the movements made by the handlers of the craft in relation to the direction it is headed. Such is the case of glass blowers or glass makers, where the blowing, rolling and paddling are orchestrated to develop the material to its desired form.
The reconstruction and interpretation of a‘site’on exhibition will provide viewers a continuous discovery in time as the work progresses for a period of 18 calendar days towards completion( February 1-18 ).
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