Damage and restoration (2024)

Sculptural instalation / concrete, asphalt, polyester, motors, plaster boards / 340x180x43cm

The project originates from an investigation of damage and repair as ontological forces that shape the world.

Visitors encountered a two-part sculpture representing a damaged wall. Embedded within its interior was an archaeological excavation that appeared to contain fossils buried in sedimentary rock, although the fossils were replaced by engine components and industrial materials

This assemblage emerged as a way of transforming industrial objects and materials according to the principles of biological fossilization. Through this process, the engine parts became damaged to the point of irreversibility, rendering them analogous to animal bones preserved through fossilization in sedimentary rock.

In this way, the project explored how nature might transform industry, rather than industry transforming nature.