人類世博物館：展覽3.0
——黑曜石之雨

策展人：Cave_bureau

1 展覽裝置全景/Overall view of exhibition installation

“黑曜石之雨”是對肯尼亞姆拜洞穴的一部分進(jìn)行的裝置表現(xiàn)。在20世紀(jì)中葉，反殖民自由戰(zhàn)士在此居住，并將其用作公社辦事處來計(jì)劃他們的反抗大業(yè)。該裝置由一系列被劍麻繩懸吊于天花板的黑曜石組成，其下方擺放著一張桌子，用于主持肯尼亞、非洲大陸及其他區(qū)域環(huán)境與建筑學(xué)科現(xiàn)狀的討論和其他相關(guān)話題的探討。

建筑師卡巴吉·卡蘭加娓娓道來項(xiàng)目的研究過程：“我們大約在7年前仔細(xì)掃描了這個洞穴。在那次觀測過程中，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)這是一個熔巖洞，由裂谷內(nèi)眾多火山的噴發(fā)而形成。因此，我們使用了較為高端的技術(shù)來再現(xiàn)這個空間。通過3D掃描，我們不僅在皮革上描繪了剖面圖，還展示了該洞穴的青銅模型。此外，較大的裝置由一系列黑曜石組成，它們高低錯落，如同洞穴的頂部。黑曜石扎根于人類的歷史，在中石器時代，這些石頭被用于制作長矛、刀具來宰殺動物。我們覺得裂谷內(nèi)這些豐富的材料非常適合用來作為懸于我們頭頂之上的遺產(chǎn)和歷史元素。”

該項(xiàng)目并不局限于傳統(tǒng)博物館建筑那些無傷大雅的活動，也不限于其政治活動（這些活動往往沒有多少自由來公然挑戰(zhàn)盛行的現(xiàn)狀）。它是在非洲背景下對這種古老機(jī)構(gòu)的（重新）構(gòu)建以及對建筑本身的實(shí)踐。同時，它仍以我們自己的方式為圍繞我們所處的新地質(zhì)時代“人類世”的全球意識與交流做出貢獻(xiàn)。

第17屆國際建筑展的國際評審團(tuán)授予Cave_bureau特別提名獎，表彰其“對人類最古老的生存環(huán)境之一進(jìn)行的富有想象力和創(chuàng)造性的探索?！薄酰ㄍ鯁螁?譯）

項(xiàng)目信息/Credits and Data

策展人/參展人/Curators/Exhibitors: Kabage Karanja, Stella Mutegi/Cave_bureau

合作/Collaborator: Densu Moseti

支持方/Supporters: Pacific Africa Group, FUN - Future Urban Narrative

攝影/Photos: Francesco Galli

圖片來源/Photo Courtesy: La Biennale di Venezia

2-4 展覽裝置/Exhibition installations

5-9 展覽裝置/Exhibition installations

Obsidian Rain is a transposed section of the Mbai cave in Kenya, which was inhabited in the middle of the twentieth century by anti-colonial freedom fighters who used it as a commune chamber to plan their resistance. The installation consists of a collection of obsidian stone hanging from the ceiling with sisal rope. Beneath it is a table meant to host discussions about the environment and the state of the architectural discipline in Kenya, the African continent, and beyond, among other relevant topics.

The architect Kabage Karanja talked about the process of their research, "We effectively scanned the cave about 7 years ago. During that scanning, we discovered it is a lava tube cave created through the eruption of a multitude of volcanos within the rift valley. In that regard, we used very high-end technology to represent that space, so with the 3D scan, we've created cross-section drawings on leather, we've represented bronze models of the cave that is on display. And the larger installation is a series of Obsidian stones, that are lowered at different layers to match the roof of the cave. And Obsidian stones has its roots in our alley history as mankind. During the Middle Stone Age, these stones were found in spears, knife tools, to slaughter animals, we feel this material which is in abundance in the rift valley was quite suitable to use as an element of our heritage and history hanging over us."

The project here is not confined to the often innocuous activities of a conventional museum building or its politics that often provide little freedom to overtly challenge the status quo of the prevailing times. A (re)construction of sort of this age-old institution and the practice of architecture itself within the African context; while still in our own way contributing to the global consciousness and discourse surrounding the new geological age we live in, the Anthropocene.

The international Jury of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition has awarded special mention to Cave_bureau for "an imaginative and creative exploration of one of man's oldest living environments."□