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BREATH WITHOUT ORGANISM
2022

Kinetic sculpture
Styrofoam, acetone corrosion, motor mechanism
26 × 20 × 18 cm      

   



This sculpture animates a material that would normally remain inert. The outer form is produced through chemical corrosion, destabilising the industrial surface of Styrofoam and generating a porous, unstable structure. The surface suggests organic formation, though the material remains synthetic.        

A concealed motor produces a slow expansion and contraction, creating a breathing rhythm. The movement does not convincingly imitate life; instead it unsettles perception. The object appears to inhale and exhale, yet its substance denies any biological status.

A synthetic material performs a rhythm usually found in living bodies, producing a presence that exists somewhere between organism and residue. The breathing motion unsettles the boundary between living and non-living matter.        

Here, human-made materials persist, transform and outlast their makers. What remains is not simply residue, but a form whose status remains unresolved and quietly disquieting.      








BREATH WITHOUT ORGANISM
2022

Kinetic sculpture
Styrofoam, acetone corrosion, motor mechanism
26 × 20 × 18 cm                


   



This sculpture animates a material that would normally remain inert. The outer form is produced through chemical corrosion, destabilising the industrial surface of Styrofoam and generating a porous, unstable structure. The surface suggests organic formation, though the material remains synthetic.


A concealed motor produces a slow expansion and contraction, creating a breathing rhythm. The movement does not convincingly imitate life; instead it unsettles perception. The object appears to inhale and exhale, yet its substance denies any biological status.





A synthetic material performs a rhythm usually found in living bodies, producing a presence that exists somewhere between organism and residue. The breathing motion unsettles the boundary between living and non-living matter.

Here, human-made materials persist, transform and outlast their makers. What remains is not simply residue, but a form whose status remains unresolved and quietly disquieting.