Conflicting Cares
This spatial installation, sound piece and a performance centers on a live-recorded acts of architectural destruction. Presented within the Rietveld building—a national monument—the work reconfigures rebellion as a form of care. What appears as violent intervention is, in fact, a carefully negotiated choreography: every architectural element dismantled was a handcrafted replica, produced by the artist and installed in collaboration with the building’s concierges. All actions were formally approved by the facility manager.
The sounds of destruction were recorded live, then looped, edited, and embedded back into the space, allowing the audio to resonate with the physical traces of the acts themselves. The process of destruction was transformed into one of negotiation, choreography, and institutional dialogue. In this context, rebellion becomes a method of reattunement to the built environment, challenging the boundaries of institutional space while opening up new possibilities for relation, negotiation, and connection to shared space.
Amsterdam, 2018.
Conflicting Cares
This spatial installation, sound piece and a performance centers on a live-recorded acts of architectural destruction. Presented within the Rietveld building—a national monument—the work reconfigures rebellion as a form of care. What appears as violent intervention is, in fact, a carefully negotiated choreography: every architectural element dismantled was a handcrafted replica, produced by the artist and installed in collaboration with the building’s concierges. All actions were formally approved by the facility manager.
The sounds of destruction were recorded live, then looped, edited, and embedded back into the space, allowing the audio to resonate with the physical traces of the acts themselves. The process of destruction was transformed into one of negotiation, choreography, and institutional dialogue. In this context, rebellion becomes a method of reattunement to the built environment, challenging the boundaries of institutional space while opening up new possibilities for relation, negotiation, and connection to shared space.
Amsterdam, 2018.
