British artist Jonathan Baldock drags the ancient world kicking and screaming into the present by crashing together cuneiform-engraved tablets and... umm... emojis. The artist is interested in how these clay slabs are able to communicate a message down the ages. So just think, thousands of years from now, we will still be able to solicit meaning from three hearts, a dolphin, two flowers and a unicorn (or whatever random string of pictures you just sent on WhatsApp).
Jonathan Baldock: Facecrime
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