Sand archives the locations of the sand collection of Daniel Helber, ordered by continent, in fourteen books. Each page names one location. Helber holds one of the largest sand collections in the world, including sand from every country on the planet, from the bottom of the sea, and extra-terrestrial objects.

These printed volumes name every location from which Daniel Helber has collected sand samples – several of those have traveled to him by post in exchanges or were taken into his care from other arenophiles. Their origins include beaches, lakes, rivers, mines, deserts, seabeds, forests, quarries, caves, historical excavation sites, underground station construction sites as well as extraterrestrial objects.

As a substance made of the tiniest Sisyphean boulders, sand carries a material connection to eras passed a million years ago – it contains fragments of quartz, granite, gneiss, magnetite, olivine, corals and shells, and foraminifera. At the same time, it is proof of the impermanence and constant transformation of everything in existence.