An outdoor sculpture about how humanity explores, colonises and leaves the world behind. A flat oval (largest length 300 cm. smallest width 200 cm.)with a small raised edge of plusminus 3 cm. A thin layer of salty clay is spread on this oval and during a performance, the flat clay is first explored by the feet and then vigorously touched with the feet until exhaustion follows. During the exhibition, it would be nice if visitors to the quadrilateral take photos and perhaps comments of the oval left behind, how it changes due to drought or rain. I would like to collect these photos and comments and post them on a special page in my site on the internet.
6 May
film of first part - exploring
film of second part - colonising
film of third part - escalating
photo Frans |
photo Anne-Lies
7 May
photo wim
7 May 19:00
photo Janine
13 May
photo's Iris
14 May 10:02
photo Janine
17 May 13:05
photo Janine
Some change is noticeable in the oval, grasses have entered the oval and when it rains, water remains in it, which incidentally dries up when it stops raining for a while. The colour of the soil also changes when it rains, becoming darker and when it dries out it looks light grey and cracks appear. At different times of the day, it looks different anyway. Nice to notice all this when you have an eye for it. But no obvious sign of plant growth or anything.
Janine
17 June
photo Jaap
The status of this clay project is (dd 17/06/23) dehydration due to the heat which has made it hard Seeds have hopefully been absorbed into the clay by the processing (tripping) Time is a good thing to see what the final result will be.
I would like to be kept informed about that. Kind regards Jaap
On 16 June, I was at your exhibition in Groede.
You had had the photo from Jaap.
The clay was rock hard and very similar to the white salty clay from the Waterdunen, which had been intensively walked on by cows.
In the hollows was small stuff; dust, fluff from the trees and seeds similar to those of the judas pennywort, but much smaller.
Greetings Joke
23 June
photo's Fred and Han
23 June
photo Marie-Jose
23 June
photo Rob
24 June
photo Bas
It looks so hard and dry.
Bas
24 June
photo's Diana and Hans
24June
photo Kees
This is what 'the earth' looks like now, Saturday 24 June. Was totally dried out a few days earlier, but after a good shower it was creamy again like in the beginning. But not much is growing yet. Kees
28 June
photo Willem
4 July
5 July
photo laura
not much rain, a bit darker but you can't see that in the photo I guess ... Laura
6 July
photo kees
Two weeks and a summer storm later, the earth has silted up. And nothing is still growing, at least not above ground. But who knows what bacteria and fungi are doing below the surface. Kees
7 July
photo Jet
11 July
photo Henk
Clay collected, worked by scanning, textures, dryness, as if sculpted, immortalised, seems to symbolise climate change and at the mercy of nature.... Henk
4 August 19.40
photo's Marga
18 August
There is plenty of hope more and more seeds are germinating.
24 August
photo Karin
Last night's rain went over it and covered the cracks a bit again.
Karin
27 August
photo Ingrid
9 September
photo Henk
Now, September 9, after a tropical week preceded by rain, the ground is flattening. More and more plants are growing. Pioneers like algae and mosses. Also a pea-like, grasses and what falls under weeds. Grass along the side grows over it. There is plenty of light but no sun. Henk
27 oktober
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