(POWERSPONGE) BRICK

(powersponge) Brick is sculpture that Kruithof created out of approximately 1000 BlinQ powersponges. The work is accompanied by a projection of a laptop with an Apple screensaver spectrum, which was mounted on wall with a Security Camera wall mounting bracket arm. (powersponge) Brick is sculpture that Kruithof created out of approximately 1000 BlinQ powersponges.

The work is accompanied by a projection of a laptop with an Apple screensaver spectrum, which was mounted on wall with a Security Camera wall mounting bracket arm. At first glance, the gigantic wall appears solid, recalling neatly ordered, cemented brick stones. This image of stability, however, slowly turns into something more fragile and ambivalent, the longer one observes it. The projection light enfolds the sponge-wall and its surroundings with a continuously moving wave of changing pastel colors, which causes a soothing dreamlike atmosphere. The light also produces a shadow on the background wall, recalling a skyscraper – a symbol and fundament of modern capitalism. The lightness of the sponge-material questions the sculpture’s stability. Could this giant brick, this wall, actually stand and persist, or is stability just an illusion?