Abstract
Sahej Rahal’s 2022 exhibition ANCESTORS presented findings from an alleged archaeological site to narrate an alien temporality inside the confines of the history museum. We reflect on how the exhibition demonstrates that encounters with appropriately narrated objects constitute a sort of “temporal heist,” forcing its observers to reconsider their present through a new temporality. By articulating the concept of a temporal heist we suggest that the Anthropocene thesis performs an analogous function. Like Rahal’s ANCESTORS, the Anthropocene narrates the mundane objects we interact with in a way that connects them, and their users and observers to a different temporality.
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