bleu du ciel

blue of noon — The sculpture disappears in the landscape. Only a black line is visible from afar. As one approaches, the line gradually turns into a crater. It is like a negative shape that reaches into the earth. The crater 
has been covered by hand with a thin layer of asphalt. The asphalt remains porous. It absorbs warmth, becomes softer and then ­hardens again. It smells of tar. The crater is 
3 metres deep and 10 metres in diameter; 
it has irregular step-like indentations down which visitors can climb. Standing at the ­bottom, one sees only the sky overhead. The black circle reaches from one corner of 
the eye to the other. Despite the rough surface and the steep walls of the hole, it is pleasant 
to be standing below the surface of the 
earth. The body is supported. It is quiet. In 
the ­beginning the layer of asphalt was very 
shiny and inviting like velvet. Affected by 
the ­weather and groundwater, the sculpture ­de­terio­rated and has now disappeared ­al­together.