2023
in collaboration with Johanne Hestvold
including Andreas Tegnander

Ukrainian AZOV Steel steel, river sand, rubber, electronics, MDF wood, 150 × 80 × 320 cm

Collaborative installation by Johanne Hestvold & Alexandra Hunts that meditates on time, transformation, and the subtle thresholds between stability and collapse. Translating local weather forecasts into a dynamic soundscape, the project intertwines material movement and sonic composition to explore the slow choreography of change.
At the heart of the installation are sculptural forms filled with sand—living landscapes shaped by visitor interaction. As viewers walk across them, gravity compresses and displaces the grains, triggering miniature landslides and redrawing the topography of the space. These movements, though small, accumulate over time, leaving traces of shifting positions and interactions.
Foregrounding the cyclical processes of erosion, accumulation, and restructuring, the work draws parallels between natural systems and human attempts to impose order. Is it the material that seeks stability, or is that desire uniquely human? Through this tension, Grainy Showers Coarse Base invites reflection on the delicate balance between preservation and transformation.
Sound, emitted through a sculptural speaker, mirrors the shifting landscape—layering ephemeral waves over tangible forms. As with grains of sand or drops of water, seemingly minor elements reveal their power when they gather force. The installation becomes a quiet study of scale, time, and the inevitability of change, asking how we perceive transformation when it moves slowly, invisibly, or just beneath our feet.