Over the course of the year, the installation itself will undergo its own slow metamorphosis. These sculptures are not static; they are metabolic. They will breathe, sag, and transform, mirroring the fluid nature of the ecosystems they represent.
We invite you to act as a catalyst in this slow evolution. Pick up a spray bottle and apply a stressor to the sculptures. While the response is not immediate, your touch initiates a gradual transformation. Over weeks and months, these forms will respond to your interaction, shifting into simpler, more resilient states. We invite you to return throughout the year to witness their quiet, persistent change.
We invite you to act as a catalyst in this slow evolution. Pick up a spray bottle and apply a stressor to the sculptures. While the response is not immediate, your touch initiates a gradual transformation. Over weeks and months, these forms will respond to your interaction, shifting into simpler, more resilient states. We invite you to return throughout the year to witness their quiet, persistent change.
Silke Riis
Silke Riis is a sculptor exploring the intersections of transformation, mortality, and speculative evolution. Working with natural latex, she creates decaying, living sculptures that mimic the fragility of biological life. Her work envisions a future beyond our timeline, a world of hypothetical species inspired by marine invertebrates and rainforest flora. Neither purely dystopian or utopian, Silke’s sculptural installations offer a space of composure within the fantasy of our own demise.
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Simple Adult Forms by Silke Riis
Open Monday to Friday from 12:00 to 17:30.
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijkspark 6, Amsterdam
The installation is located in the Plantkamer on the ground floor of Mediamatic Biotoop.
