50 porcelain bowls, 1 unconsumed pill, 1 ‘dead’ battery + 500 sheets of paper

The bowl is a simple container that allows its contents to be shown rather than concealed. 50 bowls form a podium atop of which lies a treasure : lithium.
Lithium as a flux
Lithium as an energizer
Lithium as a stabiliser
Energeia speaks to the actuality of things as they are, as opposed to the potentiality of what they could be.
Thus lithium, the lightest metal, made heavy by its multitude of applications is placed here to be seen as the treasure that it is, not only defined by the functions that it has.

Read the accompanying piece here

Inside this ambiguous grasp lies lithium carbonate.
Here, contained with in a salt mixture based off the ratios of the salty brine in the Atacama desert, Chile. Where lithium, at a concentration of 0.2%, is found.
Thus, casting thought on the nature of this material and the landscapes,
                               matter
                                and hands that hold it.

This pieces draws on an ongoing investigation into lithium and its identity as a treasure.

watch accompanying video work here