The first closing frame I made, brings a quote from Immanuel Kant, in which he uses the term ‘data’ in the German original. together with a quote from Achille Mbembe’s book Brutalism about data extraction.
The quote by Kant is set in lead type in an Antiqua in 16p. The block of type was cast with resin so it doesn’t fall apart. The quote by Mbembe
292 x approx. 220 cm overall
Touch Fragments (nonhuman, man-made), 2022
beeswax, 170 x 57 x 30 cm
The exhibition Touch Fragments was conceived as the story of a transformation, from the extraction of limestone to the creation of the technosphere. It reflects the links and tensions between the lithosphere, biosphere and technosphere, between the earth‘s crust, all living things, and the industrial use of natural resources. In the space of the gallery, visitors are able to discover a dialogue between Christoph Weber’s latest works: human-sized columns cast in beeswax bearing the structures of the limestone extraction resp. of two concrete infrastructure surfaces; large analogue photographic contact prints of translucid mold making rubber of the same surfaces.
Exhibition views: Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris – Romainville
Contact Print (Limestone Quarry Mannersdorf), 2022
Contact prints of translucid mould material, silver gelatine prints
292 x 220 cm overall
The sculptures cast in beeswax bear the structures of the limestone extraction resp. of two concrete infrastructure surfaces – one contemporary formwork and one from the late sixties.
Contact Print (Highway Column, Knoten Inzersdorf, A23, Vienna), 2022
Contact print of translucid mould material, silver gelatine print
292 x 123 cm
Contact Print (Highway Column, Knoten Inzersdorf, A2, Vienna), 2022
Contact print of translucid mould material, silver gelatine print
292 x 123 cm