231 CHEWING GUM
Site-specific sculpture (420x310 mm)
Berlin, 2023
Site-specific sculpture (420x310 mm)
Berlin, 2023
The sculpture stands on the threshold between public and private. The doormat, with its 'welcome' inscription imprinted on 231 chewed chewing gums, invites to enter into communication with a body locked in its psychosomatic pain.
Bruxism -an unspoken stress that silences and distances the body- is crystallised in chewed gums. Its bright pink colour and sweet strawberry smell conceal within it a request for proximity and closeness.
‘Welcome' invites the audience to bridge this distance and confront someone else pain that disfigures and disgusts.
The site-specific sculpture is completed with the participation of the public, which is allowed to observe and step on the sculpture like a normal doormat at the entrance to the space.
JUMPING TRAFFIC LIGHTS
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YOUTH SANCTUARY
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Bruxism -an unspoken stress that silences and distances the body- is crystallised in chewed gums. Its bright pink colour and sweet strawberry smell conceal within it a request for proximity and closeness.
‘Welcome' invites the audience to bridge this distance and confront someone else pain that disfigures and disgusts.
The site-specific sculpture is completed with the participation of the public, which is allowed to observe and step on the sculpture like a normal doormat at the entrance to the space.
JUMPING TRAFFIC LIGHTS
HalbHaus - GalleryWeekend, Berlin, 2023
Curated by Philipp Lange
YOUTH SANCTUARY
KulturHaus, Leipzig, 2023
1364 CHEWING GUM
Site-specific sculpture (810x510 mm)
Berlin, 2023
Site-specific sculpture (810x510 mm)
Berlin, 2023
The site-specific sculpture stands on the staircase, making it impossible to climb without using one of the three steps. The 1364 chewed pink chewing gum simulates the movement and tension with which we charge the jaw in a stressful situation. The audience is invited to bridge this distance and confront someone else pain that disfigures and disgusts. However through its sweet taste and smell it portrays also the seduction a body has for pain.
OSCILLATING ON SITE
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OSCILLATING ON SITE
Class Bonvicini - UDK, Berlin, 2023
Curated by Monica Bonvicini
357 CHEWING GUM – Distinto +Site-specific sculpture
Berlin, 2023
Berlin, 2023
TRANSMITTER
HalbHaus - Berlin Art Week, Berlin, 2023
Curated by Max Rauschenbach
