Evolutionary Composite

‘A mirror image. Although at first glance it might not look it. One element sophisticated the other crude. One smooth and thin, the other angular and lumpen. One the produced by the mechanisms of a factory, the other by the mechanics of the Earth (and the mechanics of one stone hammering into another, with the aid of some sweaty human individual). One brand new, the other ancient. Opposites you might think. But, then again, most of the time appearances give little clue as to how one thing relates to the other. You need to look at the underlying structures. Both are made of materials derived from the silicate family. Two tools, separated by thousands of years in terms of their manufacture. One for computing one for stabbing, cutting and bashing. Both at the technological cutting edge of their times. Juxtaposed rather than conjoined. A rock trapped in a disco ball. A sample being transported from Mars. It looks at once museological and futuristic.

Perhaps the whole is a sign of progress. Or that lack of it. Depending on which you decide is first among these equals. Or which object is most useful for you at the time. At heart it’s a matter of perspective. Time and space. An event spreading out in multiple directions that might appear differently depending on your point of view. Like the shifting landscapes in a block of jesmonite, carved so as to represent and conceal a multitude of forms simultaneously, each one visible when you assume a different angle or occupy a different slice of time. ¹³

Which ¹³ Which finds a corollary in the world as viewed through according to different viewpoints within social-media or via alternative web browsers, via alternative truths or facts.’

Mark Rappolt, excerpt from ‘Caught Knapping’

according to different viewpoints within social-media or via alternative web browsers, via alternative truths or facts.