cube of spells | karl grümpe/rene p.g

cube of spells (2024)
art book

"back to athens 11 - crossroads -
read the room" -

group exhibition.

mixed media

(cement, found animal fur, string)

dimensions: 9cm x 9cm

the die is cast whenever a non-human animal dies knocked to the asphalt, a consequence of negligence, failure or indifference of a human animal. the result does not change with the intention. the process is absolute, silent and leads to the gradual degradation of the complex organic and emotional matter. the cube, as a ritual manual of immortality, figuratively reduces this path to death from ineffectual to subversive, reconstructing with its spells the fragments of the bodies of dead nonhuman animals into matter.

the cube, as a ritual manual of immortality, figuratively reduces this path to death from ineffectual to subversive, reconstructing with its

at isaiah mansion -

athens (gr).

spells the fragments of the bodies of dead nonhuman animals into matter. cement slabs reminiscent of the industrial tomb of all these creatures encase organic matter (fur hair) as a narrative technique, in which the narrative contains another in material form, as a distinct part of it. these creatures therefore "return" to life as dialectical counterpoints to their materiality that has been wiped out, but also as a narrative quest to rebuild the relationship that we human animals have with nonhuman ones.