Zody Burke and Klara Zetterholm have opened a joint exhibition titled "Ersatz Strata" at Temnikova & Kasela Gallery in Tallinn, Estonia. The show examines how history is staged and reimagined, using reliefs, sculptures, printed works, kinetic elements, and industrial residue to create a fictional archaeological site. A live performance by Los Angeles-based artist 011668 accompanied the opening. The exhibition runs through August 15.
The exhibition matters because it uses the visual language of natural history museums to critique how different cultures repeatedly "discover" and reinterpret the same place, reshaping it through new ideological lenses. By staging a fictional archaeological site, the artists invite viewers to question the constructed nature of historical narratives and how power shapes what we remember.