“Dirt is matter out of place. The poached egg on your plate at breakfast is not dirt. The poached egg on page 202 of the Greek lexicon in the library of the British Museum is dirt. (…) Dirt confuses categories and mixes up form.”
– Anne Carson
Re-Make/Re-Model features artists working with a variety of found materials. Through techniques of recombination and addition, the works present a shared dedication to teasing new life into existing forms. Reconfigured away from their points of reference, they enter another life cycle, suspended between reproduction and invention.
An ethic of environmental economy underlines these approaches; no amount of waste is necessary here. Yogurt containers, broken styrofoam, old shoes, offcuts of wood, and resurfaced consumer goods complicate the category of refuse. In this exhibition, we come across the leftovers that have found their place.