New publication by Popsicule collaborator Dr Mathieu Leclerc and team!

Unearthed – Art in Archaeology & Anthropology is the magazine detailing the pieces displayed at the exhibition of the same name held in June 2021 at the Australian Centre for China in the World on ANU campus. For tens of thousands of years art has been the means though which we as humans have interpreted, understood and expressed our world. Pairing visual art with archaeology might appear unusual at first, but the two disciplines are not dissimilar in the ways in which they strive to examine and interpret human lives, cultures and experiences. 

Our foremost intention with Unearthed was to engage not only with artists among the ANU archaeology and anthropology community, but also with people who had no prior experience producing or exhibiting artwork. It was our aim to inspire new ways of expressing research creatively or bringing artistic thought into everyday academic practice. We wanted to allow participants the greatest level of freedom when producing work for the exhibition, meaning all mediums were accepted, and experimentation encouraged. This resulted in an incredible diversity of medias, from watercolours, 3D printing and crochet to microphotography, digital art and sculpture. Amassing such a diverse array of artworks made the catalogue of Unearthed both timeless and modern, pushing the boundaries of what might be seen in a traditional museum-based exhibition.