INHALING MINERALS AS-BEST AS POSSIBLE (2010)
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2010 / performance / Warteck building, Basel (CH), Liste 2010 / video (5'42", b/w, 4/3 ratio, stereo)
Since 2009 Van Wolputte has been working with asbestos, a mineral that he often stumbles upon in his research and discoveries of abandoned spaces. He collects asbestos from various locations and assigns it a new function in his work. Instead of removing asbestos and disposing of it responsibly, he brings the mineral compound back into the public space in the form of asbestos paintings, as a remembrance of a time of ignorance and denial. For the intervention Inhaling Minerals As-Best As Possible, the artist focused on the Warteck building in Basel. A video documents his search for asbestos in the basement.
