Cornelius Holtorf: Incavation Berlin-Schliemannstraße

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An archaeological incavation project like this is a commentary about 
 

• the multitemporality of a place (any place really): a town house in Berlin built in 1899 -- a breakfast on 5 September 2001 -- archaeologists at work -- material remains of varying durability -- Heinrich Schliemann -- etc.
   
• the metaphorical meaning of the underground: invisible but filled with objects that characterise(d) the place and its people at a given point in time.
   
• the way in which archaeologists, and indeed we all, construct the past.

The end result:

Dig where you stand!
Below the surface lies a piece of yourself. 

The treasures in the ground, which modern archaeology investigates, are not made from gold or silver.
Seemingly insignificant objects can supply us with a wealth of information about the people associated with them.

This has not been the first incavation, and it won't be the last.