A set of ancient-contemporary gadgets that combine today’s technology, with elements taken from the logic and materiality of the natural ancient world.
Gadgets for the Caveman is an installation consisting of three gadgets created while envisioning an encounter of an early human with the world in its current cultural, environmental and technological state. Each gadget rethinks an element or a concept from everyday life and illustrates it for the caveman: a switch, a night lamp, the idea of time. To assist the Caveman in making connections between today’s tools and his ancient ones, the gadgets are ancient-contemporary, meaning they use the advantages of today’s technology, combined with elements taken from the logic and materiality of the natural world that has dominated human existence for so long.
