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Inframundi
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"Inframundi is a catalogue of imaginary artefacts inspired by
a personal story: that of a childhood spent in the presence
of an ancient pre-Columbian mummy. Drawing on this
formative memory, Elisa Valenzuela imagines the objects
one might need in the afterlife.
Born from several years of research, the project is based
on the study of pre-Columbian, Oceanic, and ancient art
catalogues. The artist borrows their visual and descriptive
conventions and shifts them toward fiction, constructing a
parallel archaeology in which imagination replaces scientific
method.
The book unfolds in chapters that echo the major spheres of
existence: beauty, style, utensils, the rites of passage, rituals,
childhood. Each section explores the gestures, beliefs, or
needs one might wish to carry into another world. Combs,
sound amulets, ritual shoes, domestic tools, or articulated
toys form an ideal funerary collection—plausible, yet entirely
imagined.
Inframundi questions what objects retain from ourselves:
gestures, beliefs, bonds, fragilities. In this re-invented
afterlife, they emerge as figure—companions, markers, or
guides—extending what ties us to the world. The project
explores the malleability of memory and archaeological
narrative, showing how a story can be reshaped differently.
Created through a dialogue between artistic gestures and
artificial intelligence, these artefacts adopt the codes of
ancient relics while opening a fictional territory where new
narratives can emerge."
- ISBN-13
- 9782493467119
- Publisher
- Note Note Editions
- Imprint
- Note Note Editions
- Publication date
- 2 December 2025
- Format
- Hardback
- Pages
- 72
- Dimensions
- 270 x 200 mm
- Language
- English
