City in Reverse: Reflecting Aluminum

The research project wants to explore whether the representation of a contemporary (geological/urban) landscape can be enhanced using the material aluminum. In addition to concrete and plastic, it is a symbolic material for the current Anthropocene era, a so-called technofossil. Drawing and/or painting takes place with and/or on various aluminum carriers, challenging innovative spatial approaches and interactions. The characteristic properties of the improper material in relation to an (urban) landscape are investigated. By using formal means – such as the grid, folds, a window – the crumbling landscape is given a new framework. Reflective surfaces are added to this research project: the in-situ experience is (re)quested, and new meanings are generated for the concept of time.