Matter as resistance. Resistance as thought.
Striking stone against stone until it erodes is a study of resistance. With each impact, a micro-history forms: the force of the strike, the vibration through the arm, the dust released into air. The stone becomes a collaborator in thought, revealing what breaks first, what yields, what endures.
The performance is a durational act in which stones were repeatedly struck against each other until they disintegrated. The accumulated dust is its residue — a material trace of recursive action. The transformation from solid matter to powder traces a cycle of erosion and inscription: each repetition both destroys and records.
The work treats the non-human body of the stone as an epistemic partner. By attending to what the material does under sustained pressure — how it resists, cracks, and finally releases — the performance enacts a form of thinking that cannot be separated from the physical encounter.
This work gave PLRM its earliest insight: that repetition generates transformation, not sameness, and that material thinking emerges through friction. The stone does not simply receive force — it shapes how force is applied. Each impact modifies the next. The performance revealed that knowledge in PLRM would always emerge through contact, duration, and the gradual transformation of both body and material.