Art as entangled material practices: The Case of Late Iron Age Scandinavian Gold Foil Figures in the Making

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Abstract

This paper discusses Late Iron Age gold foil figures from Scandinavia. The figures can be described as tiny humanoid beings stamped on very thin gold foil. They date to c. AD 550–800, and are commonly interpreted in representationalist ways, and as being symbols. By contrast, this paper starts from the assumption that art and imagery are simultaneously material, affective and emergent. As a consequence the gold foil figures are seen as to be continuously in the making, where Karen Barad’s concepts of intra-action and agential realist ontology are especially helpful to illuminate the open-ended and generative character of the figures.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtistic Practices and Archaeological Research
EditorsDragoş Gheorghiu, Theodor Barth
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherArchaeopress
Chapter3
Pages21-30
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-78969-141-2
ISBN (Print)978-1-78969-140-5
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameArchaeopress archaeology

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Archaeology

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