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Revenge of the Trash
2024The project is the first outcome of a storytelling and sculpture collaboration with Clem Edwards. Using trash collected from the exhibition space, we created a landscape that acts as a character inspired by horror films like The Blob. It embodies discarded and unwanted objects “taking revenge” by growing, absorbing, and transforming.

This work deals with themes of the abject and the interplay between the ethereal and the material. By reclaiming trash and embeding it within a fictional narrative, we examine ideas of value, decay, and transformation, reflecting on both material agency and material excess. We use humour and fiction to address urgent societal questions while proposing joyful and imaginative futurities.

Commissioned to create this piece at Brutus, we transformed the exhibition space into a shared studio. We employed a collaborative “Ping-Pong” process, exchanging ideas and experimenting with materials like polymer clay, paint, LED lights, and smoke. Built with pizza cartons, pigeon nests, appliance scraps, and street trash, the work integrates sculptural techniques and shared interests in horror, ghostly figures, and exaggeration. 
Collaboration with Clem Edwards: http://clementineedwards.com/

This work was commissioned and shown in:

Brutus, Rotterdam 2024. 

Images by:

Silvia Arenas 

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