INHALING MINERALS AS-BEST AS POSSIBLE
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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.
SELECTED WORKS
Indicated Locations (2003) / Manhandle (2004) / Gatekeeper (2004) / Closed View Box (2004) / Interference (2004) / Behind the Screen (2004) / Walk On By (2005) / Gone - Demolished (2005) / Rewiring (2005) / Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Spaces / T.P.E.S. 00 (2005) / T.P.E.S. 01 (2005) / T.P.E.S. 02 (2005) / T.P.E.S. 03 (2006) / T.P.E.S. 04 (2008) / T.P.E.S. 05 (2009) / T.P.E.S. 06 (2011) / T.P.E.S. 07(1/2/3) (2013) / T.P.E.S. 08 (2014) / T.P.E.S. 09 (2015) / Reconstructed Construction (2006) / F.T.P.E.S. (2006) / Avenue de Luminy > D559 (2006) / One Week Visitor (2006) / Stockage - Transmitter (2006) / In-Depth Study (2006) / A 16M Commemoration (2006) / On All Fours (2006) / Motions (2008) / Temporary Habitats (2008) / 5 New Piercings (2008) / 3 Closed Conditions (2008) / Profound Fascination (2008) / Homecoming (2008) / A Collection of Hideouts (2008) / To Get the Idea of It (2009) / Covered Yet Possible (2009) / Getting Over (2010) / We Did It - Disputed Territory (2010) / Inhaling Minerals As-Best As Possible (2010) / Forlorn Hope (2010) / ÆTERNUS (2010) / Give Off - Give Out (2011) / Conserve Until Further Notice (2011) / Glimpse from Below (2012) / Used Since 1880 (2012) / From Up to Down (2012) / Inside, Outside, Downside (2012) / Integrating Myself (2012) / Looking Back While Walking Forward (2013) / Misfits (2014) / 2 Leftovers (2014) / W.M.S.S. (2014) / Fade-Outs (2015) / Behind the Lines (2015) / Manhandle Revisited (2016) / Tear Out – Bash (2016) / Short Time Stay (2016) / Linked Surfaces (2017) / End of the Line (2018) / Tactical Transparency (2018) / Down (2019) / It Takes One to Know One (2019) / Beacon (2019) / 7 Step Plan (2020) / One Thing Leads to Another (2021) / T.P.E.S. 02 Revisited (2023) / Interference Revisited (2024) / Enter Enter (2024) / Childsplay (2025-2026)