You Belong Elsewhere
You Belong Elsewhere, exhibition view, St.Gallen, 2024
You Belong Elsewhere, exhibition view. St.Gallen, 2024
You Belong Elsewhere
2,093g of captured Sahara dust and sand (130 probes)
910cm x 484cm
Installed in St. Gallen, Switzerland
You Belong Elsewhere comprises 130 distinct probes containing captured airborne Sahara dust and sand, sourced from partners around the globe, creating a total mixed sample of 2,093g without direct extraction from the desert itself.
Melting down borders through an almost neurotic search for origin and belonging, You Belong Elsewhere juxtaposes origin with a stateless medium, prompting a reevaluation of our perceptions of place, identity, and the interplay between the tangible and the intangible. The processes involving the movement of substances or climatic changes occur on scales and within timeframes that often defy human comprehension, pushing against the mental limits through which humans can relate their actions to these scales. An artificial desert floor is created, as if a sandstorm has swept through the space, instigating both a tangible and conceptual transformation of the ground soil.