Spoon

Spoon that Excavated Itself

Cornelia Parker
Medium
Photography
Material
Photograph
Dimensions
30 x 45 cm
Date created
1992
Acquisition
Donated by the artist, 1992
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After taking part in an exhibition entitled Excavating the Present in Cambridge, Cornelia Parker visited a Cambridge archaeological excavation where she created and photographed an installation. She describes this work: 

Spoon shaped excavation between two pits at Iron Age dig in the Fens. Silver spoon was engraved with ‘buried 31-3-1992’ and buried in one of the pits for future archaeologists to discover.