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StratigraphiesPhotographic diptych, silkscreen, sculpture
(2025)



Stratigraphies explores the morphological transformations of limestone within an abandoned quarry, a site where slow geological processes intersect with traces of human intervention. Through photographic documentation of erosion, fractures, and exposed layers, the work captures moments in which organic formations transition into geometrically structured surfaces, revealing fragments of passage between the natural and the artificially shaped.

Particular attention is given to form and color, rendered in reduced dimensions so that monumental and otherwise difficult-to-grasp processes become sensorially accessible. Printed as digital photographs on semi-gloss paper and presented in a handmade frame, the images invite close observation rather than visual dominance. The viewer encounters the materiality of the stone through proximity, where what appears immobile and permanent is revealed as stratified, fragile, and subject to continuous transformation.

2025; silkscreen using ground limestone, glass frame.
The sculptural work extends the investigation of stratification and extraction into physical space. Constructed from iron and incorporating limestone collected from the quarry site, the swing evokes the visual language of tools and mechanisms used in stone extraction.

Conceived around the idea of balance, the structure depends on gravity and weight, referencing the forces required to detach stone from its geological context. At the same time, its apparent instability foregrounds the fragility of human-made systems when confronted with the immense temporal and material scale of geological processes. The limestone fragments, formed through prolonged sedimentation, contrast sharply with the iron structure, which alludes to rapid, utilitarian intervention.

Rather than asserting control over the material, the swing stages a condition of dependence and tension. Human time — marked by extraction, use, and abandonment — is set against geological time, which persists through accumulation and endurance. The work materializes this imbalance as a physical and experiential condition.

2025; iron, limestone sourced at the site near the residency.
Kuberton Residency, Galerie Krinzinger & Museum Lapidarium. Exhibited at Galerie Krinzinger Schottenfeld, Vienna, and Lapidarium Museum, Novigrad. Part of the Galerie Krinzinger collection.