Stone: Active SedimentYear: 2008
New reality sometimes appears to be ephemeral. Illusion intertwines with reality. Information is now constantly being stored – deposited – in digital form for perpetuity. The principle of intangible digitalisation is also one that is most often employed in the transcription of this new reality. Active Sediment is a metaphor for my feelings and for what is happening around us. Just as information about an ancient event is recorded in alayer of rock, the digital reality of our era is ceaselessly being stored in some location. Everything we see, all that we come into contact with, is being passed on and has some kind of influence on the future. All that we emit bundles together to form a fertile layer, spawning further evolution. Thus for me even this apparently immaterial digital illusion constitutes a reality that is physically stored for eternity, as if in an active stratum. This is the sediment of our present era, of one stage of our superorganism’s natural development. In this work, a video consisting of a randomly selected television programme disseminates through rock according to a principle similar to those guiding a tremor propagating through the earth or communication between the smallest particles in nature. A principle akin to that of a relay, or the chain reaction of tumbling dominos. Exhibitions: Solo exhibition: 2009 Sediment, „Interlinked Sediment, Active Sediment, Cultures, Generator p-730“, Galerie Alain Le Gaillard, Paris, France Group exhibitions: 2009 2008 Art Fairs 2009 2008 |
