Superbrick Factory

Superbrick Factory is a workspace in which “superbricks” are produced and used to construct sculptures in the space. Superbricks are pink, curved bricks made from unfired clay that are constructed to avoid the right angles and straight lines of human architecture. They are designed to be used to build structures that accommodate the needs of other species. Because of the curved design of the bricks, each sculpture features cracks, holes, and paths for all sorts of creatures, from fish to insects, to navigate through it—facilitating the possibility of informal and unexpected meetings between species. As the show goes on and more bricks are produced, the resulting sculptures will slowly expand, growing taller and longer, interrupting and transforming the space.

When exposed to the elements, the unfired clay bricks return to earth, disrupting the museum’s logic of continuous preservation and instead suggesting a cyclical relationship to time.  

Recalling earlier SUPERFLEX works such as Copylight Factory and Free Sol LeWitt, but with a new focus on interspecies living, Superbrick Factory treats the museum as a living, evolving space in which art is not only displayed but produced.