Marble Man
2025 single channel video 6’48”
Marble Man is a fictional mummy discovered in Carrara’s marble quarry. Preserved by the very marble that drove its exploitation, Marble Man embodies the entrapment of workers within the system of extraction, where human lives are reduced to material goods. Both a product and a victim of extraction, Marble Man stands as a tangible archive of exploitation. Today, the mummy holds silent testimony to the stories of those whose lives were shaped and scarred by these systems. What stories do these remains hold?