Stella Dieden Richter
Rubber’s Sole
2.1 sound installation
2025
In the sound installation Rubber’s Sole, bodily hierarchies are explored and how they might be disrupted. The title refers to the rubber sole–the point where weight meets the ground and grip is achieved–yet the words themselves dissolve, opening up multiple meanings. Rubber and sole separate, just as the body’s grip shifts with the sound material.
The sounds come from wet, heavy mud pressed into a mold, shaken out, and slowly released, hissing, bubbling, and splashing as it resists and yields. Shaping and release shift throughout the piece with an irregular rhythm. Sound, movement, and material interact in a play of interpretations, where shifts in tempo, thuds, and slides invite listeners to reconsider balance and motion.
Stella Dieden Richter (b.1992) is pursuing a Master’s degree at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and works with performance, installation and sound. Her practice explores how the body resists, stretches and yields to infrastructures we ourselves have created.