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A Very Clean Slate. 2023

30 handmade concrete tiles form a 6×5 grid on the floor. Agitated by a rotating weight, a brush takes a random walk over the grid, evaluating the surface in terms of roughness and slope. When the brush crosses a line it turns spontaneously, as friction causes one side to slow down. A tank containing an electric pump feeds liquidised clay onto the concrete in a daily cycle. The wet clay is distributed by the brush, spreading, drying, and accumulating over multiple days as the water evaporates. As the clay deposits the brush must continually find new paths to take, as the very traces of its path slowly alter the surface. This work sets a familiar tool in unfamiliar motion, driven to perpetual change by the unresolved meeting of physical processes. I was very happy to receive the Stichting tot Steun Award for this work.

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The Vis Viva Debate
Three philosophical fish argue about the existence of a world beyond the ocean.
Three-channel sound installation with frozen fish. 2021.