This video was shot during Construction VII’s first assembly. It is the culmination of months of work cutting, grinding and sanding the 977 marble blocks it consists of. These blocks are stacked one on top of the other without the use of any binder or adhesive, just like their wooden toy predecessors.
As with all Constructions and Variations the drawings (three in this case) are an inseparable part of the artwork.
Every Construction goes together with a diagram. Yet, contrary to what the viewer might think, the Constructions are not created according to a plan. The arrangement of the building blocks into an architectural whole is the end result of an experimental approach, of trial and error, of assembling and disassembling and reassembling – or in the words of the artist of ‘play’.
Dr.Martine Lejeune in ‘Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction.’
Due to the Construction’s size and weight, building it in one day required some extra hands. Thanks to the generosity of Potier Stone we got to use their workplace over the weekend to construct and de-construct this piece.
Construction VII is on view together with the Cubicles IX performance piece at the “History of the future” exhibition in Damme till 11.12.2022.
Video by Dave Bruel.