SUPERFLEX's Cut Tube (Figure 1) resembles a fragment of a tube, as if it were part of a longer section of infrastructure, such as underwater cables or piping. The tube is an ancient technology, but also completely contemporary: the work points to humansʼ reliance on simple but ingenious tools for carrying resources over long distances. The shape is both an elementary geometric form and an indispensable machine.

Cut Tube (Figure 1) reimagines the function of a tube. Made of glazed ceramics, its surface is a labyrinth of cracks and holes. Water would flow right out of it. The edges of the work are cut at sharp angles, so that it resembles a part of tubing that has yet to be connected to a larger structure, or a part that has been separated as the result of maintenance or sabotage. Suggesting both functionality and non- functionality, Cut Tube (Figure 1) continues SUPERFLEXʼs history of working with forms and materials that are not only aesthetic, but utilitarian—necessary to architecture, industry, and basic services.