300-year-old trash becomes treasure via an urban archaeologist | The Artifact Artist
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2021
- ‘An Indiana Jones in Gotham’ - how an urban archaeologist unearths centuries-old treasure beneath New York City.
Direct by Russ Kendall (kaleidoscopepictures.com/)
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Scott Jordan’s two-bedroom apartment in Queens, New York is filled with thousands of local artifacts, many of which date back centuries. Populating his shelves and drawers are glass bottles, porcelain dolls, pottery and even a gun from the Revolutionary War - all of them once buried far beneath New Yorkers’ feet, and many of which he’s repurposed to create original art. This small museum of recovered treasures comes from years of playing in the dirt and digging out landfills, cisterns and privies by hand. In The Artifact Artist, the US director Russ Kendall explores the buried history of cities, and how Jordan finds meaning and community in the process of searching for, discovering, and transforming objects others have left for trash.
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What a cool guy damn
I found old bottles wash out of a household trash pit into a creek when i was 10 or so. I'm 57 and still have them. This guy, i understand him.
Here's a man I'd love to meet! Also raised in CT- digging in old dumps in the woods, building forts and hacking around in creeks. Years later and through several state, I'm still hacking around in the mud, checking out old dumps for bottles- or anything. So many things to find if you just look. And the best history lessons are the ones you can hold in your hands. Cheers from Maine!
This deserves a million views, damn
He's part of my tribe.... I could relate to looking at my finds while going home on public transit, and the amazement and wonder of people who you show your treasures to. Amazing video Thanks! -carrie
i am so fascinated by this video, i really want to meet them all and talk to them
Thank you!!!
I came across Aeon by utter chance. Clicked on playlist and I'm completely hooked and so appreciative for your eclective uploads. This film in particular made me smile from ear to ear. In this modern age of brutal architecture and fast living it does the soul good to know the relics of past are literally inches away. This enchanting and inspirational film also proves, one can live in a city and thrive, without participating in the Corporate model. God bless all involved in the making of this production.
You are an awesome unique individual. God bless you! Keep on digging!
Really interesting and hardworking story of that guy that’s amazing 😻 dude and inspiring
That was awesome. Thanks to everyone involved.
I have to note that he seems to have never moved from the city he hated moving to. Gotta figure it's the treasure waiting to be found... (!)
This is great. I used to do this in Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia. A lot of homes and businesses are built on top of old dumps today. I got into the pest control industry which allowed me to be able to access underneath these structures. You would not believe what you can find in a crawl space. The best thing I ever found was a hand wrought iron “Betty lamp” or “tallow lamp” from the early 1700’s. I took it to a local museum that said they’d never seen one before and they only had drawings of them. I miss digging around. It’s quite exciting.
I regret that THIS is not how history is taught in classrooms. Bring a found object in and discuss it, the time it was created in, and what was going on in the world at that time. We did nothing more than memorize dates and event. - THIS would of made it real for me. GREAT job - keep on digging!
Cool AS! If I ever manage to get to NYC, (the opposite side of the world to me), I would love to see stuff like this!
I'm beginning to like this guy.
As you grow up they try to get you ready for adulthood but they never get you ready for old age. I guess they think I owe he's into it and find out but it would be nice to learn some things before I got old .
But then again, would I have listened?
❤ from West Virginia
Wonderful!!!
Your reflection is fine Scott. You wear your age well. In fact I have spent this whole video with a crush!
I came across this video because I read "The Island at the Center of the World", which lead me to find videos of Dr. Charles Gehrig, which lead me here. It's taken me down a new path of "discovery".
You may never see this but I just wanted to say you are a very attractive dude, you've aged really gracefully and beautifully and I hope you can find love for yourself and appearance because I found you stunning!