Alice Mestriner and Ahad Moslemi explore the cultural genealogy of dust, redefining it as a symbolic form rather than a mere residue. Their research presents dust as the “Plastic Memory of the World” and the “Aesthetics of Immortality,” a living, stratified material that transcends time, space, and human perception. Dust embodies transformation, coexistence, and hybridization, serving as an environment where language, hierarchy, and fixed narratives dissolve. It is both a place and a process, a manifestation of temporal extension where new relational possibilities emerge. By reframing dust as a post-human, post-colonial material, they challenge its negative connotations, positioning it as a site of renewal, discussion, and infinite potential for reimagining existence.
