Uncontacted Fossil
A geological complex made from the soil of planet Venus.
The research for this work began in 2018 during the artist’s residency at the Leiden Astronomical Observatory, where Oscar had the opportunity to collaborate with astrophysicists to investigate the chemical composition of the soil of planet Venus. This extraterrestrial soil was then used as clay, raw material to be shaped and burnt, transforming it into a new large-scale ceramic piece inspired by geological formations.
Uncontacted Fossil’s monumental scale and abstract form become an environment in itself.
Within one of the geological sculptures lives an artificial life form: a small six-legged robot that tirelessly explores this alien terrain.
This work takes the exploration from the ‘Extraterrestrial Ceramics’ series to its most ambitious scale yet.
Uncontacted Fossil
Clay whose mineral composition replicates that of the planet Venus.
