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| Inhaling Minerals As-Best As Possible video documentation of an intervention 5'42'' sound 2010 Warteck building, Basel, Liste 2010 Performance Programme In his recent works Philippe Van Wolputte has been working with asbestos, a mineral that he often stumbles upon in his research and discoveries of abandoned spaces. Since 2009 the artist has been collecting asbestos from various locations and will now assign it a new function in his upcoming works. Instead of removing asbestos and disposing of it responsibly, he brings the mineral compound back into public space in the format of asbestos paintings, as a remembrance of a time of ignorance and denial. For the intervention Inhaling Minerals As-best As Possible the artist focuses on the Warteck building in Basel. A video documents his research for Asbestos in the basement. |