Has the object become what it desires to be, or is it just a glorified lava lamp?

Lava drips from metal chains hanging from a scaffold, lit from below by a UV lamp. The chains are connected to a bass shaker that makes the whole structure tremble. The vibrations come from an audio file: a translation of real seismic data from an actual volcanic eruption. The lava drips down, and lands on plexiglass, where it creates an abstract artwork.

The lava and lighting setup is based on the techniques used in the 1997 film Volcano. Through the seismic data, this fake lava is connected to the real, living earth, driven by a desire to become a living blob of lava itself.

This artwork was created during my residency in BAC ART LAB, Leuven.