Atmosphere ≠ Totality

2023-24
Sculpture
Meteorite, volcanic stone, stainless steel, acrylic glass
dimension variable

The series of works shows meteorites and volcanic stones. While the earthly volcanic stone has emerged from the earth’s interior to the surface, the extraterrestrial meteorite has travelled from outer space into the earth’s atmosphere. Their vectors now meet within the series of works – the extraterrestrial is juxtaposed with the terrestrial. In their symbiosis, they weave time and space into a tangible materiality.

For the artist, meteorite and volcanic stone represent entropic material that both existed before human history and will continue to exist long after it. Many meteorites are older than the planet Earth itself. These extraterrestrial fragments often date back to the formation of our solar system and are witnesses to a cosmic history.

 

 
Terrestrial stone (8°14’35.0″S 115°22’58.1″E)
2024
Volcanit, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Installation view, 2024
Tick Tack, BEL – Storage Space, the collection of the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen in Antwerp

 

 

Extraterrestrial stone (27°57.5’N 21°41.0’E)
2024
Meteorite, stainless steel
23,5 x 19 x 8,5cm

 

 

Extraterrestrial stone (27°39’25.3″S 61°38’48.0″W)
2024
Meteorite, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 11 cm

 

 

Terrestrial stone (37°35’35.5″N 112°10’39.7“W)
2024
Limestone, stainless steel, acryl glass
39,5 x 32 x 14 cm

 

 

Terrestrial stone (63°51’50“N 22°17’11“W)
2024
Volcanit, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Meteorite (27°48‘23.8“N 5°39‘03.5“W; Fall: unknown)
2023
Meteorite, stainless steel
32 x 39,5 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Terrestrial stone (15°58’15“N 102°36’31“E)
2024
Meteorite, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 10,5 cm

 

 

Extraterrestrial stone (27°39’13“S 61°38’39“W)
2024
Indochinite, stainless steel, acryl glass
23,5 x 19 x 11 cm

 

 

Meteorite (47°31‘22.8“N 138°00‘57.8“E; Fall: 1947)
2023
Meteorite, stainless steel
32 x 39,5 x 12,5 cm

 

 

Tektite (23°40‘04.1“N 114°46‘40.6“E; Formation: 700.000 BC)
2023
Tektite, stainless steel
19 x 23,5 x 15 cm

 

 

Volcanit (63°53‘34.1“N 22°16‘06.1“W; Eruption: 17th c.)
2023
Volcanit, stainless steel, acryl glass 
32 x 39,5 x 15 cm

 

 

Volcanit (Kerið, Island, eruption 4.000 BC)
2023
Volcanit, stainless steel, ink
21,5 x 17,5 x 10 cm