englisch. 4to. (quartformat). 5. ausgabe der zeitschrift mas (materialien zu ausstellungsdesign und szenographie) der hfg karlsruhe. o.j. (2018-2020). supervision: andreas müller, james langdon. 52 unpag. seitren, obr., geheftet. 'the starting point for this issue is a collection of digital images belonging to designer james langdon. these images — around 300 — are of a specific type, readily found on amateur archaeology websites and forums. they show objects once buried in the ground, now dug up and presented to the camera. the objects themselves are various and probably not valuable. what defines this collection, though, are the hands that hold the objects: their poses, gestures, and the messages they seem to convey. these are gestures of display. the positions of the hands — flat, open palms; grips and closures; offering and pointing signs — serve as a frame to mediate the objects they hold. the camera forces these to be communicative gestures, but there is something immediate here too. objects shaped by humans signal to other humans. even the most primitive tools make affordances that signal to our hands: wield me, covet me, behold me. in these photographs we witness the reception of these signals — sometimes doubtful, sometimes deterministic, sometimes speculative — and we see the circular dynamic between hand, eye, and brain on display.#. minimal berieben, annähernd sehr gutes expl..