Lander is developing an ever-expanding landscape of sculptural monoliths. Rather than existing as isolated objects, each sculpture forms part of a growing constellation - an imagined geology carved from reclaimed fragments of grey Bardiglio Carrara marble. Discarded by the stone industry, these remnants are transformed into enduring forms that carry new presence and meaning.
By carving into the marble, Lander creates a dialogue between mass and void. Openings allow light, shadow, air, and water to move through the stone, dissolving the boundary between sculpture and its surroundings. The works evoke ancient monuments, sacred artifacts, or fragments of an unknown architecture. They appear both timeless and unfamiliar, as though they belong to a forgotten civilisation or to a landscape that has yet to emerge.
The natural environment is an essential collaborator in the work. Sculptures are temporarily placed on mountain summits, in riverbeds, or along the shoreline, where they are activated by shifting light, flowing water, and the passage of time. These interventions are documented through photography, not as records of finished objects, but as encounters in which sculpture and landscape become inseparable.
Each sculpture can exist independently, yet together they form an evolving megalithic terrain. Their relationships continuously shift as the series expands, creating new constellations and spatial dialogues. What emerges is not a collection of individual works, but a single body of work that unfolds gradually over time.
The sculptures currently exist on an intimate, portable scale, inviting close and tactile encounters. Yet they suggest the possibility of a future architectural scale, where the carved openings become spaces to inhabit rather than simply apertures for light and water. In that transformation, sculpture would no longer be experienced solely as an object, but as a place - a landscape through which one can move. 2026