SYNTHETIC GUILT
EXHIBITION/2021
A sculpture is hung from the ceiling with two different kinds of fishing nets. One net holds a CRT TV, and the other contains buoyant foam surrounded by a life jacket. The sculpture relies on the tension that is felt but controlled, with two different types of foam forced together despite their opposing tendencies— one would float, and the other would not. Additionally, the image of water falling inside the TV suggests its descent as a weighted object, yet everything is kept in a perpetual state of balanced tension.
BAD BUOY
SCULPTURE/2021
Foam is a material that is poorly buoyant but absorbs water, minor shocks (movements), and sounds. It is cut to the size of a bed, with an Arduino machine programmed to imitate breathing. By using this industrial material without modification, there is an attempt to highlight its functional abilities and disabilities. A helmet, which is a box, carries a sound taken from Björk’s song “It’s Oh So Quiet” and a paper with a quote from Kafka’s short story “The Knock at the Manor Gate.” The song has been edited to only produce the imperative «hush,» a sound that is mixed with the sound of the Arduino machine. The helmet also invokes a presence and an absence.
Ⓒsimon