Tild Greene

Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Artist statement

Drawing from materials sourced from previously processed states of being, Tild Greene’s works emerge from and re-enter cycles of metabolization and reactivation. This potential for activation is central to their practice, where use and accumulated meaning operate as equally generative forces within latent and objectified goods. Greene approaches materials as unstable records, where traces of contact, consumption, and labour remain active. Through processes of casting, preservation, and reconstruction, the works hold evidence of alteration, loss, and renewal. The materials’ capacity to be reformed becomes a means of examining how classification, function, and perceived worth are continuously produced and negotiated, moving between states of obsolescence and efficiency. The body operates as both a material and conceptual framework within Greene’s practice, functioning as a site of absorption, transformation, and circulation. By bringing organic and industrial matter into relation, Greene explores the connections between embodiment, waste, and the behavioural structures that shape social conduct. More recently, Greene’s work has entered public contexts, extending their investigation into the relationship between sculpture and infrastructure. This shift reflects an ongoing consideration of function—questioning what is materially and spatially required, and what exists as ornamental, symbolic, or surplus within shared environments.

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