Liquidation is a recurring series that latches onto the spatial practices of the Dutch Government. In it, a greenhouse humidifier inhabits several properties owned and auctioned by the Dutch government. As each building awaits a buyer, artists and freelancers often pay to use these buildings in exchange for guarding the spaces from squatters. Within this fraught, temporary occupancy, the installation rhythmically fills the surrounding space with a mist of artificial sweat, moistening the surfaces of the building.

The monumental buildings that hosts the sculpture - so far, a former prison, a former farm estate, and a former courthouse - are undergoing a transition from state to private property, a transition that eclipse or capitalize upon the previous significance of the architecture. Harnessing this liminal state of “being auctioned,” Liquidation documents documents the historical dispossession of each building by its state for economic gain. Its unbodied excrement connects the past bodies who walked through this site, their interests and occupations, with those of the next tenants and their intentions.

Here, Liquidation fills the atrium of the former courthouse of Amsterdam Zuid, recently sold by the Dutch government to become a contemporary art museum. Periodically releasing artificial sweat, the installation worked as a clock for the surrounding immersive theater piece titled "Courtplay". Visitors were invited to experience the work over a 24 hour period, while the building was actively being renovated.

Curated by Mohamed Almusibli and Ivan Cheng.