FORM
Electrical circuits of different states were thrown together in a baking pan and covered with molten transparent soup, flattening their appearance and creating a fixed state of things that is ambiguous in its permanence and partially depends on external factors. The solidification of elements links back to the work of Wolf Volstell in his technique of Betonierung, where the violence of objects symbolic to consumer culture is emphasized and made ‘concrete’ through the use of concrete, by stressing the abstract, impersonal and concealed of the objects and materials. In the case of transparent soap, the solidification is more vague, enabling the act of transformation.
The electrical circuits are separated on different levels, from total inaccessibility to the isolation of the source of power and/or switch. Most radically, the turn-on switch within the molten soap is completely separated from the outer world, prohibiting any type of interaction; thus, the motor is forced to run until the battery will be fully depleted.
