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Various threaded poles of determinate length potentially altering their determinacy, 2014-2016, magnesium, titanium, steel, copper, aluminium, each 1m x 6cm diameter, total dimensions variable, Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, 2015-2016
From the series Subtraction as Addition, 2012-2016, 300 x 200 x 3 cm. Luxar coated glass is a product used to eliminate reflection. Through the repeated layering of the treatment, reflection is reintroduced creating a surface with variable optical behaviour, reacting to the ambient light conditions of the space.
Fe Mandala, 2015, heated steel dust on aluminium plate, 200 x 400 x 10 cm, Centre d’art contemporain de Genéve
Entrance to Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles with permanent installation The Violet Blue Green yellow Orange Red House, 2014
From the series Underlay Push Sticks, 2012, X15ChNiSi2025 steel subjected to high temperature changes for 5 years
LIVE METALS, 2015, aluminium blocks, CNC milling machine and LG LED screens, 220 x 300 x 200 cm, Art Basel Statements (RaebervonStenglin)
LIVE METALS, 2015 (detail) aluminium blocks, CNC milling machine and LG LED screens
Various threaded poles of determinate length potentially altering their determinacy, 2014, installation at Nottingham Contemporary
Quick Rix Remix, 2013, railway thermit welding device, 25 tons of sand, installation at Ancient & Modern, Whitecross Street, London
From the series Subtraction as Addition, 2012, installation view of the show Launching Rockets Never Gets Old, Camden Arts Centre
From the series Lycopodium, 2013 Photogram on photographic colour paper using the gently burning spores of the mossplant Lycopodium, 106 x 180cm
From the series A Portrait of a bullet, black and white contact prints, 50 x 60cm
From the series A Portrait of a bullet, 2013, Installation view of the show Nature More, CAPC, Bordeaux
Underlay Push Sticks, 2012, Production documentation
Replaying the mistake of a broken hammer, 2012, production documentation, video still
From the series Replaying the mistake of a broken hammer, 2011
Installation view of the show How to Work, Kunsthalle Basel
Steel bar subjected to the different stages of the hardening process. The top section shows where the process has been interrupted, leaving it brittle like glass.
ø6cm x 300cm
From the series As yet untitled, 2008
Black and white fibre print, 21 x 30cm