A swarm of objects that moves and deposits itself in every conceivable way. They accumulate in cargo planes and truck convoys or are pumped into the earth, consumed by fire and travel as microparticles through the wind and sea, animals and people. A glowing blue-green hybrid of rock and plastic was discovered on the island of Trindade by Brazilian geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos. Sooner or later, this swarm of misappropriated particles sneaks back unbidden into the bodies of its consumers. They form clusters and surfaces or are ordered and disposed of again and again by consumers across continents. This is how huge cycles develop that affect everything they encounter. A systemic changed ‘nature’ that, with its power that is difficult to quantify, pops up, chameleon-like, again and again in unpredictable forms – sometimes as a Great Garbage Patch, sometimes as granules, then again as clothing, as sculpture or as obscurity.
This constant transformation from raw material to object, from object to ruin, from ruin to particle is at the center of the exhibition. The temporary composition of different states questions their material origins and their imminent disintegration.
The artists criss-cross this sea of raw materials, objects and particles with their sculptural arrangements. Agglomerations form from former things: wool, raw iron or fragmented plastic. Throughout its duration, this also changes again and again through spatial interventions by the artists.
AIL – Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab
Das Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab ist ein Raum und eine Plattform für Projekte an der Schnittstelle von Kunst, Wissenschaft und künstlerischer Forschung. Es wurde 2014 von der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien auf Initiative von Gerald Bast gegründet, um den Austausch zwischen verschiedenen Disziplinen zu ermöglichen und Kunst und künstlerische Forschung zu öffnen. AIL widmet sich dem Dialog zwischen allen Besucher:innen und Teilnehmer:innen sowie verschiedenen Wissensgebieten und verbindet Partner:innen aus den Bereichen Wissenschaft, Kunst, Design, Forschung mit den Ressourcen der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.
Rauw. The Trembling of Parts
20 Mar 2024 - 17 Apr 2024
AIL – Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, Georg-Coch-Platz, Wien, Österreich
RAUW. Das Zittern der Teile Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab