Untitled, 2008, incorporates a high-power hydraulic piston, dismembered from its typical source anatomy as a bulldozer scoop. The cylindrical tip of its extendable arm is pressed firmly into the center of a large rectangular block of wood. Triggered by the viewer’s presence, this kinetic work asks us to participate in violent destruction through tons of slowly administered force. The otherwise cubic wooden form goes soft and begins to bend. One by one long splinters burst free like sharp talons of structural exhaustion. You have no choice but to stay close and watch as your presence now carries the pylon to its end.

Text: courtesy gallery Feinkost