Raina Martens, Transtemporal Grounding Device at Natura Naturans at WPA.JPG

Transtemporal Grounding Device

Part of six weeks of talks and workshops on the anthropocene, Transtemporal Grounding Device was an installation comprised of three materials- brick, soil, and trashglomerate- each intended as thinking devices for exploring the relationship between memory, time, history, and nature. These materials were used as writing prompts in the workshop “Haunted Ground: Slavery, Trash, Soil, and the Logics of Ecological Destruction,” led by Martens.

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Raina Martens, Transtemporal Grounding Device at Natura Naturans at WPA.JPG