Touch(ed), 2021

Installation, mixed-media; fabrics, ceramics, plaster, and recycled materials

Movement & The Static, Post-post collective, in Foundation B.a.d - https://www.foundationbad.nl

Touch(ed) is a sculptural installation, which created at Foundation B.a.d. The installation consists of twelve sculptures, an object, and a video in a yellow space. The visitor is invited to interact with the installation through touch, as each sculpture contains the capacity to be activated, re-enacting the experiences that they represent. Each sculpture is based on an encounter with non-self, that invoked connection, empathy, and bodily awareness.

A reader is provided, alongside the video ‘Unascertained Bodies’ in which all acts 1 - 12 are performed;

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I was gone, I was real

The Field,

The Room,

Unascertained Bodies,

Touch + Me.

X 12

The Sun, The Water, The Greenery, Object; An Orange

Act 0 - Move or displace the fruit, or consume it with someone.

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1 Stomach Says No, Sculpture; Fabric, a Brick, Embroidery

Act 1 - To grab, and lift, look inside.

10 x 20 x 30 cm

2 Back, Neck, or Vertebrae, Sculpture; Ceramics, Foam, Fabric

Act 2 - To gently move your hand over the sculpture, imagine that this is behind you.

10 x 8 x 3 cm

3 You Give Me Your Hand, Sculpture; Fabric, Wood, Ceramics

Act 3 - To hold their fingers, and softly move them up and down.

60 x 30 x 8 cm

4 Reality, a far, Close-up, Sculpture; Fabric, Plaster, Wood

Act 4 - To turn your head towards the mobile, touch - (the life of life).

50 x 50 x 40 cm

5 The Girl Who Ran Into Me, Selfless, Sculpture; Fabric, Earthenware, Trashbags

Act 5 - To attempt to straighten her back.

70 x 60 x 50 cm

6 A Slow Crying Being, Sculpture; Fabric with glitter, Earthenware, Metal Thread

Act 6 - To watch them dangle, alike, after a shake.

100 x 30 x 30 cm

7 Lashes Intertwined, Wet Cheek, Sculpture; Fabric, Foam

Act 7 - When you find the two parts as one, divide them, by untangling their extensions.

When you find them separated, connect them, through tying their extensions.

60 x 60 x 15 cm

8 Our Hesitant Goodbye, Sculpture; Panties, Beads, Ceramics, Magnets

Act 8 - Find another person. Two people, both holding one part, increase the distance between you until the parts are separated.

20 x 10 x 5 cm

9 Cold Feet, Sculpture; Soapstone, Metal, Fabric, Socks

Act 9 - To hold the foot until warmed, or move it closer to the radiator.

40 x 10 x 5 cm

10 Bodily Greed, Sculpture; Plastic, Sand, Fake Leather

Act 10 - To grab, and squeeze into less.

150 x 50 x 50 cm

11 Heavy Legs, Sculpture; Polyester, Plaster, Acrylic paint

Act 11 - To lift the legs, feel their weight.

50 x 20 x 20 cm

12 Cheek In Neck, Sculpture; Foam, Sail, Fishnet

Act 12 - To hold the cheek at a distance, before pressing it into your neck.

25 x 5 x 10 cm