Terrain We Traverse
2024
Group exhibition Nectere at Kupfer Gallery, London, UK
Mixed media installation
World in a Grain of Sand, video with sound (3D animation, 1920x1080px, 3’23, sound generated together with AI). Subsurface Kin, video with sound (3D animation, 1920x1080px, 7’27’’, sound generated together with AI). Terrains, three cut vinyl drawings (64 x 44 cm, 40 x 25 cm, 38 x 35 cm). Handful of Soil, six sculptures (3D-printed in PLA recycled plastic, 12 x 12 x 2 cm). Ground beetle, three sculptures (3D-printed in PLA recycled plastic, 6 x 4.4 x 3 cm). Path, sculpture (3D-printed in PLA recycled plastic, 24 x 17 x 3.5 cm). Textures, six prints of digital drawings (paper, 42 x 29.7 cm)
Nectere, a Latin verb meaning ‘to attach, bind, connect’, is a group show exploring points of intersection present in the artists' practices. The works consider relationships and states of being within interconnected organic and non-organic systems. This presentation is the culmination of a year-long residency at Acme’s Warton House studio building.
Sabīne Šnē is interested in the interconnection between humans, non-humans and nature. By exploring different organisms inhabiting soil and their role in sustaining life, the mixed media installation Terrain We Traverse questions the value we place on beings who are not humans and recognises the intimacy of the non-human within us.
Images courtesy Sabīne Šnē and Kupfer Gallery. Photos by Rita Silva.
