A museum-quality replica of a historic elephant tusk is painstakingly created. The hands and tools of conservators in a number of different museums and laboratories embark on a creative process.

An opening quote from Kiarostami’s Certified Copy establishes the conceptual agenda for this tactile study in conservation and replication. Jessica Sarah Rinland employs intoxicating formal schemes for her most ambitious project to date: an evocatively reflexive ode to hands-on artistic practice.