latentes
A mass of clay, sediment, and brick slowly mutates under acidic conditions—Latentes invites viewers into a living system, shaped by time, chemistry, and collaboration.
Latentes is a project that explores the possibilities and latent realities embedded within materials and objects when exposed to specific conditions.
Using locally sourced clays, found bricks, and calcium-rich sediments from Vienna’s surroundings, a series of material experiments—in constant dialogue with the involved materials and non-human agents—have been carried out to imagine and ask: What might an increasingly acidic environment look like?
Changing and evolving in real time, Latentes investigates the potential of creating in collaboration with other-than-human entities. Displayed during its active transformation and growth process, this earthly body altered its appearance throughout the exhibition days, allowing visitors to witness a living process where material agency leads the way.
