Photographic documentation of a site-specific installation of a clay brick made to the artists weight (101kg) in the Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
Photographic Credit: Alet Pretorius
Video: Nirox Sculpture Park and Foundation
This edition of the brick produced with the assistance of Dionysus Sculpture Studios (Angus Taylor, Rechson Tshehla, Andries Paledi & Francois Visser)
Special Thanks: Benji Liebmann, Tristan Roland, Paul Trieb (Nirox intern, video)

Dwell is a large replica of a red building brick, such is commonly used for the construction of homes, shelters, and buildings in South Africa. In the exhibition it functions as a conceptual and formal foil to Will You still be mine#1 (Del Mar). Also made to the weight of the artist, it is a deceptively complex minimalist gesture in which the body is shown to be a contested, uneasy home — at once a space of ‘dwelling’ (of knowing and being) whilst also forming part of the skewed spatio-political and economic organisation of the contemporary South African landscape.

In its final form Dwell exists in two forms: An edition of 6 clay bricks produced with the assistance of Map South Africa (Richmond) and as a large-scale photograph showing the permanent installation of the brick in the landscape of the Cradle of Humankind at the Nirox Sculpture Park upon the completion of the exhibition (as shown here).

Coordinates: -25.976492, 27.769020

Click Here to see Will you still be mine (Del Mar) (2024) produced in Mexico.