VARIATIONS ON INSULATION
(Bee Within the wall)
During the Jan van Eyck Acdemie Residency
Variations on Insulation approaches insulation both as a material condition and as a framework for thinking about isolation, protection, and exposure. Rather than treating insulation as a neutral technical solution, the work sees it as a spatial and political apparatus that regulates heat, environments, and boundaries, shaping the relationships between inside and outside. In doing so, it opens up questions about infrastructure, climate, and the unequal distribution of protection.
The wooden sculptures evoke usually concealed architectural elements such as cavity walls, layered structural voids, and underfloor spaces. Constructed from recycled bed frames and building materials, these structures are reimagined as fragile, inhabitable forms. They do not provide complete shelter; instead, they reveal the tension between security and vulnerability.
Modified radiators, a soundscape, and a series of texts accompany the installation. The performance text unfolds as a fragmented narrative that moves between a person separating from their partner and a bee building a nest inside a wall. These two beings inhabit different layers of the same space, where separation, infiltration, and cohabitation become intertwined.
(Bee Within the wall)
During the Jan van Eyck Acdemie Residency
Variations on Insulation approaches insulation both as a material condition and as a framework for thinking about isolation, protection, and exposure. Rather than treating insulation as a neutral technical solution, the work sees it as a spatial and political apparatus that regulates heat, environments, and boundaries, shaping the relationships between inside and outside. In doing so, it opens up questions about infrastructure, climate, and the unequal distribution of protection.
The wooden sculptures evoke usually concealed architectural elements such as cavity walls, layered structural voids, and underfloor spaces. Constructed from recycled bed frames and building materials, these structures are reimagined as fragile, inhabitable forms. They do not provide complete shelter; instead, they reveal the tension between security and vulnerability.
Modified radiators, a soundscape, and a series of texts accompany the installation. The performance text unfolds as a fragmented narrative that moves between a person separating from their partner and a bee building a nest inside a wall. These two beings inhabit different layers of the same space, where separation, infiltration, and cohabitation become intertwined.
Performed by Laura Boser
Sound Design by Kems Kriol
to watch the performance trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NyqmRbCLw
