Exhibition at Baustelle Schaustelle, Düsseldorf and Essen, Germany
Photos © Jana Buch and Carolin Israel

Marit Wolters, Seismic Friction, 2022, Various ceramic materials, marble powder, acrylic milk, Dimensions variable

Marit Wolters, Seismic Friction, 2022, Various ceramic materials, marble powder, acrylic milk, Dimensions variable, Detail

Carlin Israel and Marit Wolters, Seismic Friction, 2022, Installation view 

The installation is based on thoughts about the most original form of the material - the lump or chunk. Large chunks of stone are found in nature at the foot of mountains or blasted out in quarries. As pristine as these forms may appear, they are the result of transformation processes - whether by man or erosion by wind and water. The ceramic works Seismic Friction are the attempt to reproduce these forms by hand. The result is objects whose effect oscillates between artificial and natural, making it difficult for the viewer to locate them in the continuum between natural and artificial.