Transformationsschnitt

The installation has been made of the material that is the by-product of the deactivation of the chemical weapon sarin, rendering it non-toxic. The artist happened on information about this while browsing through reports on the war in Syria. The material was used in the vicinity of Damascus on 21 August 2013. The black stones, that carry no information of their origin, are intriguingly beautiful. Their history does, however, reveal the brutal truth about the armed conflict that has brought suffering to the local population. The work deals with events that we tend to push into the margin of our consciousness.