Time Paradox
Minha Park / Republic of Korea (South Korea) / 2024 / World Premiere / 20 min
The vertebra of a dinosaur becomes the object of a museological time travel, as archaeologists embark on the paradoxical task of recreating a world before humans even existed.
‘Time Paradox’ explores how museological practices reconstruct relics of lost worlds such as prehistoric landscapes and extinct creatures that have never been seen by humans. Guided by the voice of MBR 19 – also known as a Brachiosaurus – Korean artist Minha Park weaves together reconstructed images, restoration data and colonial-era archives into a paradoxical whole that recreates a world without witnesses. The work was created in collaboration with Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde.