’uncertain strata’ presented elements of a research project focusing on the Estremoz Anticline, in Alentejo, Portugal, an area spanning across 27 square km and dotted by several marble quarries, many of them already left abandoned. 

In his work, Gil reflects on the tension between intimate and biographical space, as well as the notion of physical space as workable space. ’Uncertain Strata’ (2022) is a collection of images and artefacts, an expansion of the themes proposed by ’ANTICLINE’ (2020).

The works proposed a ‘rearrangement’ of the notions of the archive by escaping from a traditional disciplinary classification, which intends to suggest a holistic and ambiguous understanding of the exploration of stone. Thus, this project aimed at highlighting and drawing connections between some of the technological, cultural and socio-political production in order to deconstruct the complex web of agencies transforming this landscape over time.