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Sunday 16 April 2023, 3pm – 5pm

Finissage: Soil Works – When rocks weather

Elena Khurtova

On Sunday, April 16, between 15:00-17:00, artist Elena Khurtova will conclude her exhibition Soil works – When rocks weather with a performance and debate at the Glass House.

Soil Works: When rocks weather is a performative exploration of both the care and control that is part of the human relationship to soil, while also raising questions about industrial processes and how these originate in craft and play. Can we regain a sense of play and intimate connection in the production of capitalist structures? How do tools relate to our body, how does time become embodied in labour, and how does the performativity of matter continue in the structures after they have been made? As matter changes shape over time, we contemplate how every particle of sand through its own tactility tells us a story.