stella dieden richter
Keep me wet: parted
performance with remaining sculpture, 2020
In this project I explore feelings that arise while driving over a pile of wet mud with a car. The performance acts as a starting point for a further process where I perpetuate the remaining track.
To make the moment last, I treat a piece of tarp with cold asphalt and sand, to place another pile of wet mud on top. As before, I run over it. When the imprint dries, the mud hardens and cracks. I apply liquid plastic to the mud’s surface to preserve the moment when the pile is separated from it’s whole.
Spliting the pile was exhibited as a performance at Galleri Konstepidemin, 2020. A remain was exhibited at the annual Liljevalchs Vårsalong, 2023.