Dust

“Parted matter (originating from all given materials) moves freely, floating through the medium of air, in which the straying particles become media for invisible flows, to render air currents or waves of sounds. Dust’s quality to stay airy and ambivalent (in the atmosphere) was a subject of the natural sciences during the time of the enlightenment (most impressively developed by the 19th century physician of light and Hygiene John Tyndall). Since dust levitates within its own rules, it processes a singular problem to current technological apparatuses (e.g. as concerns cleanliness and filtration) as a self-organizing system.” – Bettina Vismann

Bettina Vismann is an architect, and a researcher of dust and waste management. She has taught at TU Berlin, ETH Zurich and the AA (Architectural Association) in London, and exhibited and lectured at the Venice Biennale of Architecture and the Berlin Biennale, among other sites.