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'CARBORUNDUM' [ 2024 ]​
[ Installation ]
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[32 cm X 32 cm X 120 cm ]
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[ glitter, carborundum, pyrite, glass, decorative sand, wallpaper glue, wood, epoxy resin ]
‘On All Eights’, Paradise, Den Haag
Mining, demolition, detonation, and controlled burns harbor mementos of meliorative ruination.
The most substantial refurbishments may call for a total leveling.
BELOW: raw carborundum, also knows as silicon carbide (SiC).
Click the image to watch a 1919 film about carborundum mining.
​Carborundum, the poor man's diamond, is grown only to be undone.
The crystals are mined and pressed into into sandpaper, grinding wheels, grip tape and dremel bits.
This harvesting - the cut - is sustained for no purpose but the repetition of cutting.
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Acts of repair require abrasion and reduction; we call this destruction "maintenance".
Detail from 'Carborundum' installation
- made from carborundum aggregate.
Used 80 grit carborundum sandpaper framed with carborundum chips.
[ 6.3 cm X 4.5 cm ]
Controlled forest fire.
[ 6.3 cm X 4.5 cm ]
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