
Shell Reader
Nina Canell(Artist)
BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE (Publisher)
Published in 2023
Book
Hardback
366 pages
978-3-96436-057-1 (ISBN)
Description
Literally crumbling under our own weight, several metric tonnes of shells speak up from the ground, causing a sensation remote from that of walking on a gallery floor. Yet, crushed calcite from marine molluscs is an essential ingredient in concrete, a major constituent of our built environment. In Muscle Memory, a sculpture by Nina Canell, the biomineral forms that feed the construction industry gradually break down over the course of the exhibition. Material stress gives way to a sounding, durational sculpture, inviting us to consider the ineffable number of broken bodies that holds us up. Shell Reader calls on the material vitality of calcium carbonate, detailing broken pieces of shell from Muscle Memory. By foregrounding these fragments, each page echoes a crack, snap, split, or splinter.
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Language
English
German
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
ISBN-13
978-3-96436-057-1 (9783964360571)
Schweitzer Classification