Since working with the silver circles, as raindrops, I have begun to think more about natural, traveling, 'objects' that exist in multiples, such as falling leaves, dandelion heads, grains of dust, seeds. In the garden of the Intermedia building here in Budapest, it was the sycamore propellers (seeds) that I have become fixated on.
I suppose my aim here is to explore the visual journey of fetishising an object that exists as a multiple of infinite number. In this case, I made an installation outside, under the sycamore tree. The grey lines show the direction and journey of the propellers to the ground, the natural . The silver circles under the propellers that are fixed to the ground (this time they are not raindrops), act as markers, aiding the selection process. The process of choosing a number of 'special' propellers in the garden full of them is totally random. I feel that this explains my interest in how the decision to choose a certain one of many is unconscious, without method, and with a certain amount of mystery to it.
To further my inquiry, I choose a number of propellers, as randomly as possible (which is a method in itself) and placed them in the hexagonal box. The box, to me, is the precious objects' chamber, where the chosen, fetish objects are presented. I wanted the contents of the box to be be visible only when you are very close to it. i guess this is inspired by my research into tourism, with the idea that the tourist has to be very close to a displayed landmark/painting/monument/sculpture to really appreciate it.
The two parts of the installation are different stages in the fetish and exhibition of chosen objects. This is an ongoing exploration.
fe·tish
noun \ˈfe-tish also ˈfē-\Definition of FETISH
1
a : an object (as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner;broadly : a material object regarded with superstitious or extravagant trust or reverenceb : an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion
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