Into is the first monograph on the work of Vera Kox, spanning over ten years of the artist's multidisciplinary practice. It is published on the occasion of her solo exhibition Sentient Soil at Konschthal Esch.
Kox reflects on the human impact on post-industrial ecologies and their tangible traces, envisioning a transition from a human-centered perspective to a multi-species worldview. Across her sculptural practice, she acknowledges the inherent agency of the material itself, with a specific emphasis on the ceramic medium.
This richly illustrated volume includes essays by Lisa Robertson, Alison Sperling and Charles Wennig, as well as a conversation between Sarah Ihler-Meyer, Marianne Derrien and Vera Kox.
Vera Kox (born 1984 in Frankfurt am Main) is a Luxembourgish-German artist who lives and works between Berlin and Luxembourg. In her sculptural work, Kox explores the interconnection between the environment, human, and non-human life forms. She examines the multifaceted properties of various materials and often combines handcrafted ceramic elements with industrially produced semi-finished products, which in her installations merge into a cohesive whole as fossilised hybrids of our modern civilisation.
