Hydrababy III  

INSTALLATION
2024 DOCK, Basel

Material: tomato vines, porcelain, aluminum salvaged from gutted MacBooks, prismatic sheets from MacBook screens, polyurethane, plexiglass, drawings and prints on paper and transparencies, resin, wood, reinforcement mesh, overhead projectors

© Susi Hinz. Photo: Viswerk


Hydra vulgaris unsettles fixed notions of identity and permanence. Without a centre and without a definable lifespan, it exists as a process of division, regeneration, and continual formation. In Hydrababy III, this structure is not illustrated but spatially enacted. Within the offspace DOCK — positioned between archive and exhibition space, and shaped by an evolving constellation of artistic practices — the installation unfolds as an open system. Sculpture, light, material, and information do not function as discrete elements but as interdependent modules that distribute, shift, and condition one another in space. Hydrababy III approaches installation not as a static arrangement but as a relational condition.