ANYWAY I AM SAD
The Netherlands 2021 / sculpture installation of 100 paper boxes, 14 ceramic elements
I had an idea to visit 100 houses and take 100 still-living items to create two ceramic sculptures from each one. I planned to keep one sculpture and return the other to the apartment where I had taken it originally from. My goal was to replace something temporary with something permanent. I wanted to go only to rental properties, addressing the sculptures as gifts for the houses rather than the people. I visited 7 houses and successfully took 7 items. I made 14 sculptures in total but then stopped. I wrote the addresses of the places where I took the items on the boxes containing the sculptures. Residents were allowed to take the sculptures home if they wanted.
“When did you steal it? I didn’t notice anything.”







